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CAS-ICH 60249 Characidium vintoni   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, Carl H. / 1909 Crenuchidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 5/0/3 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; C&S-GLYCERINE Other/Previous Number IU 11674 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.; et al  Field Number CHE 30-X-08A Date Collected 30 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Shrimp Creek, near Tukeit.
Latitude-Longitude 5.201197°, -59.452403°; uncertainty: 3292 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Tukeit, error expanded to cover area around town.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Ann. Carnegie Mus. v.6(1): 36; Specs. #4 & 5 cleared & stained, guts from #4 & #5 in vials in alcohol; orig. 9 specs.; 2 specs. incl. #1 (c&s) sent to USNM on exchange, but #1 returned to CAS on 7-I-1997 (97-4687).
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