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CAS-ICH 36979 Centromochlus gyrinus   [Catalog of Fishes] HOLOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  EIGENMANN & ALLEN / 1920 Auchenipteridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number IU 15795 Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number WRA IX-20-ITA Date Collected Sep 1920 - Sep 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Brook near Itaya, above Iquitos.
Latitude-Longitude -3.984484°, -73.356608°; uncertainty: 31739 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Rio Itaya from Iquitos to junction with Road to Nauta. Coordinates placed at the middle of the polygon
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Fishes of Western South America, 1942: 118;
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.