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CAS-SU(ICH) 21928 Lithoxus lithoides   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1912 Loricariidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number CHE 16-X-08 Date Collected 16 Oct 1908 - 19 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Lower Potaro R. Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Amatuk cataract.
Latitude-Longitude 5.304365°, -59.309082°; uncertainty: 989 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Amatuk Falls.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Mem. Carnegie Mus., v.5(1): 242, pl.29(figs.1-4). Not in orig. descr., but could be former C.M. specs.; listed in Catalog of Fishes.
Collecting Event Remarks Expedition to British Guiana (Carnegie Mus. & Indiana Univ.)