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CAS-ICH 40700 Orestias gymnotus   [Catalog of Fishes] HOLOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Parenti, Lynne R. / 1984 Cyprinodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number IU 16062 Size 62mm SL
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, C. H.; Murdock  Field Number CHE 1918H Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Pasco County
Water Body Challhuacocha (='fish-lake') Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality At 13,200 ft. elev. near Quishuarcancha, terminus of one spur of the railway to Goyllarisquisga
Latitude-Longitude -10.583670°, -76.436423°; uncertainty: 12926 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Quishuarcancha, error expanded to Goyllarisquisga
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Irwin Expedition