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CAS-ICH 47303 Brittanichthys   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Brittan, Martin R.; H. W. Schwartz Field Number F1964-61 Date Collected 26 Apr 1964 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Amazonas County
Water Body R. Itu Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear 60' x 10' bag seine
Locality Praya Bulufu, about 80 km upstream from R. Negro (ca. 20km airline?)
Latitude-Longitude 0.727507°, -63.685747°; uncertainty: 12615 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type sandy beach
Georef. RemarksThe occurrence records in Fishbase give some coordinates for this locality that will locate it in the Rio Negro. I could'n find the beach but I plotted the locality in the Rio Itu as an approximate.
Acc. Number 1971-VII:6 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Sacramento State College Collection; coords. estimated between 0°30'N and 0°30'S.