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CAS-ICH 20671 Gasteropelecus coronatus   [Catalog of Fishes] HOLOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Allen, William Ray / 1942 Gasteropelecidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number WRA X-20-YURI Date Collected Oct 1920 - Oct 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body Drainage R. Huallaga Basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Yurimaguas.
Latitude-Longitude -5.884205°, -76.108224°; uncertainty: 4029 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks But orig. descript. (Fishes of western S. Amer.) gives brook, Rio Itaya, near Iquitos (WRA 18-IX-20) as type locality. (=Gasteropelecus sternicla).
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.