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CAS-ICH 57435 Eigenmannia macrops   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Lundberg, John G. / 1985 Sternopygidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 5/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Baskin, J. N.; Lundberg, J. G.; R/V Eastward Field Number JNB-85-78 Date Collected 24 Feb 1978 : 1100
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State Delta Amacuro County
Water Body R. Arature Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear poison, dipnets
Locality small cano on east side about 1.5 hr. upstream from mouth by fast motorboat; "black water".
Latitude-Longitude 8.464008°, -60.784503°; uncertainty: 36305 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type BOTTOM OF MUD, BRANCHES AND LEAVES.
Georef. RemarksPlotted as an approximate.
Acc. Number 1985-IX:27 Specimen Remarks REF.: Lundberg & Baskin, 1985, Env. Fish Biol.
Collecting Event Remarks Moderate current, falling tide, water temp. 29 deg. C.