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CAS-ICH 24754 Corydoras potaroensis   [Catalog of Fishes] LECTOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Myers, George S. / 1927 Callichthyidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number IU 11984 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number CHE X-08C Date Collected Oct 1908 - Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Creek below Potaro Landing.
Latitude-Longitude 5.379573°, -59.120459°; uncertainty: 4652 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Potaro River just below Potaro Landing. Error covers area around it.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Paralectotypes det. By Nijssen & Isbrucker 1980, Bijd. Dierk., v.50(1): 208.
Collecting Event Remarks Exped. to British Guiana (Carnegie Mus. & Indiana Univ.)