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CAS-ICH 15281 Piaractus nigripinnis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15281 Size      
Collector; Vessel Haseman, John D.  Field Number JDH 131 Date Collected 6 Dec 1909 - 20 Dec 1909 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Santarem, near the confluence of Rios Tapajos and Amazonas
Latitude-Longitude -2.407093°, -54.717992°; uncertainty: 5533 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksProbably referring to Ponta Negra, the geographic reference for the meeting of Amazonas and Tapajos waters.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks CARNEGIE EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA
Collecting Event Remarks Locality no. 131, from Eigenmann 1911, Annals of the Carnegie Mus., v.7.