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CAS-ICH 70737 Moenkhausia browni   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 5/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12080 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z70737 Date Collected 21 Oct 1908 - 28 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear poison
Locality creeks into Potaro River below Arautaima Cataract
Latitude-Longitude 5.007943°, -59.645124°; uncertainty: 985 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Aruataima Falls.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks "not cotypes" see Ann. Carnegie Mus. 6(1):13-15 --MEA
Collecting Event Remarks