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CAS-ICH 216877 Sundasalanx mekongensis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Roberts, Tyson R. / 2002 Clupeidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 36/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 13.0-24.2 mm
Collector; Vessel Roberts, Tyson R.  Field Number TRR 9-V-89 Date Collected 9 May 1989 
Continent/Ocean Asia Country Thailand State County
Water Body Drainage Mekong Basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Menam Si Songkhram near Ban Papeng, 10 km east of Si Songkhram.
Latitude-Longitude 17.672464°, 104.287487°; uncertainty: 13244 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksNamed places do not occur at measured distance or direction from each other. Point placed on Songkhram River at measured distance NNE of Si Songkhram (towards Ban Phaeng District). Uncertainty includes all of Songkhram and its tributaries (since main is below named place) near Ban Phaeng District.
Acc. Number 2002-XI:26 Specimen Remarks TRR had designated these as MS paratypes of *Sundasalanx mekongensis*, but the name was published by Britz & Kottelat in 1999. These are not types of Britz & Kottelat, but may still be MS types of a now unnamed TRR species. (D. Catania, 9 Apr. 2004).
Collecting Event Remarks Spelling of "Songkhram" (X2 in Locality section) is different then spelling on specimen jar label ("Sonkhram"). Noted by JWM 21-Dec-07