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CAS-ICH 20692 Argonectes scapularis   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Bohlke & Myers / 1956 Hemiodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 141.5-145.5 mm
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT 6-IV-25 Date Collected 6 Apr 1925 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State Amazonas State County
Water Body Drainage R. Orinoco Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality mouth of Cano Massana
Latitude-Longitude 3.956853°, -67.416602°; uncertainty: 34571 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksI don't know if the name of the river is Massana or Massaua. I couldn't find the exact location of the Cano. From Ternetz's itinerary one could established that the locality is in the rio Orinoco between Santa Barbara and the junction of the Orinoco and the rio Guaviare.
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