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CAS-ICH 23806 Ceratobranchia binghami   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chernoff, Barry / 1989 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 9/0/2 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; C&S-GLYCERINE Other/Previous Number Size 28.1-46.0 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number WRA 26-VI-20 Date Collected 26 Jun 1920 - 28 Jun 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Junin County
Water Body R. Chanchomayo Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear poison (cube root); damming and dynamite; seine
Locality La Merced, village 96 km from Oroya; tropical life zone with sugar cane and coffee; elev. ca. 2500 ft.
Latitude-Longitude -11.058677°, -75.324563°; uncertainty: 2667 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Orig. 11 alc spec., 2 c&s (loan 04-5632), returned in small pieces.
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.