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CAS-ICH 11676 Pterygoplichthys undecimalis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Loricariidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 13912,CM 7___ Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, C. H.; Bierhaus, A. J.  Field Number Z11676 Date Collected 21 Jan 1912 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Bolivar Department County
Water Body Drainage R. Magdalena basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality El Banco, at the junction of Rio Magdalena andRio Cauca.
Latitude-Longitude 8.990285°, -73.968984°; uncertainty: 4730 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe Magdalena River branches at El Banco but is still called Magdalena. The junction of Magdalena and Cauca is at Pinillos (ca 45 miles South West from el Banco).
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks "EIGENMANN RECONNAISSANCE OF COLOMBIA" JAN-MAR 1912
Collecting Event Remarks