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CAS-SU(ICH) 36662 Carassius auratus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Cyprinidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number FMI # 16859 Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number FMIZ-PEK Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NW & Central Pacific Country China State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Peking, China
Latitude-Longitude 40.014944°, 116.292402°; uncertainty: 42505 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe description is too vague. I plotted the locality in the Qinghe River near Beijing with an uncertainty embracing several other water bodies in the area, as an approximate.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Gift of Fan Mem. Inst. Zool., Peking, China. See letter fr. T.H. Shaw to G.S. Myers (20-II-41).