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CAS-ICH 58087 Hypophthalmus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Baskin, J. N.; Lundberg, J. G.; R/V Eastward Field Number JNB-81-78 Date Collected 23 Feb 1978 : 2108-2113
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State Delta Amacuro County
Water Body R. Orinoco Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear 10' trawl, 1/8 in. mesh
Locality Delta main channel at Curiapoca. km 60; downstream tow, 55 m. of wire out
Latitude-Longitude 8.596137°, -60.978016°; uncertainty: 10000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1985-IX:27 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Falling tide.