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CAS-SU(ICH) 16786 Symphysodon discus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Myers, G. S. / 1951 Cichlidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 7/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number AMAZON Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country       State County
Water Body R. Amazonas Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality R. Amazonas
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-SU(ICH) 54244 Symphysodon discus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Freihofer, W. C. / Sep 1960 Cichlidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT XII-24B Date Collected Dec 1924 - Dec 1924 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Amazonas County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Manaus market.
Latitude-Longitude -3.154813°, -59.958502°; uncertainty: 24364 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe fishes were bought so there is not certainty of where they were collected. I plotted the locality embracing waters of the amazon as well as of the Rio Negro.
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CAS-ICH 6396 Symphysodon discus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Cichlidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Colburn, A. E.  Field Number AEC 21-IX-31 Date Collected 21 Sep 1931 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Amazonas County
Water Body R. Negro Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Manaus.
Latitude-Longitude -3.159269°, -60.002619°; uncertainty: 50502 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThere is not enough information about where in the river where the specimens collected. The locality was plotted with a locality that embraces the main channel of the Amazonas and Rio Negro near Manaus, as well as other water bodies in the area.
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CAS-ICH 77896 Symphysodon discus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Cichlidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Coll. no. 3036,IU 13418 Size      
Collector; Vessel Haseman, John D.  Field Number JDH 15-XI-09 Date Collected 15 Nov 1909 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Amazonas County
Water Body R. Negro Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Mouth of Rio Negro at Manaus.
Latitude-Longitude -3.114398°, -59.894943°; uncertainty: 15684 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Carnegie Exped. to Central South America.
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