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CAS-SU(ICH) 21798 Moenkhausia oligolepis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number CHE 27-X-08 Date Collected 27 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Potaro R. Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Creek or swamp into Potaro R. above Savannah Landing.
Latitude-Longitude 5.164870°, -59.492168°; uncertainty: 931 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Savannah Landing.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Expedition to British Guiana (Carnegie Mus. & Indiana Univ.)