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CAS-ICH 233504 Crossoloricaria   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Fichberg, Ilana / 18 Aug 2011 Loricariidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number Z154747 Date Collected 2 Apr 1925 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality R. Orinoco, Playa Matepalma.
Latitude-Longitude 3.975330°, -67.076468°; uncertainty: 20000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksI plotted the locality as an approximate in the Orinoco near Tama Tama beach. From descriptions in Ternetz's itinerary one could infer that the collection site is between Tama Tama and Santa Barbara, also the description mention Yapacana and I assumed it
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