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CAS-ICH 59794 Prodontocharax melanotus   [Catalog of Fishes] PARALECTOTYPE ID by/date  Pearson, N. E. / 1924 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 17332 Size      
Collector; Vessel Pearson, Nathan E.  Field Number NEP X-21 Date Collected Oct 1921 - Oct 1921 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Bolivia State El Beni County
Water Body R. Beni Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rurrenabaque; elev. 1500 ft.
Latitude-Longitude -14.431925°, -67.528043°; uncertainty: 2934 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Rio Beni around Rurrenabaque.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Ind. Univ. Studies, v.11(64): 36, fig.4, pl.12 (figs.1-2); lectotype desig. by Bohlke 1953: 660.
Collecting Event Remarks Mulford Exploration of the Amazon Basin