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CAS-SU(ICH) 37074 Pygidium totae   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Miles, C. B. / 1942 Trichomycteridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number Size 89mm SL
Collector; Vessel Miles, C. B.; Winz, C.  Field Number M&W 18-II-42 Date Collected 18 Feb 1942 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Boyaca Department County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Lake Tota, near Sogamoso.
Latitude-Longitude 5.538666°, -72.923804°; uncertainty: 6344 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Caldasia, no.5, pp.55-58, fig.; 1 spec. is partial - this is the posterior half of the paratype ICN 20a ("una cabeza"). Currently valid as *Rhizosomichthys totae*.
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