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CAS-SU(ICH) 58841 Pimelodus ornatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Freihofer, W. C. / 1961 Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number Z158841 Date Collected 22 Feb 1925 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality R. Negro, one days canoeing up n. from Amanadona.
Latitude-Longitude 1.588807°, -66.969078°; uncertainty: 47251 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThere is not enough information in the description, from Ternetz's notes one could infer that the collection site is between the mouth of the Casiquiare and Cucui. I plotted the locality as an approximate.
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