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CAS-ICH 62100 Astyanax simulatus   [Catalog of Fishes] SYNTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1924 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 6/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number IU 15860 Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number WRA VII-20C Date Collected 11 Jul 1920 - 19 Jul 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Pasco County
Water Body R. Pichis Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Creek at Puerto Bermudez.
Latitude-Longitude -10.304285°, -74.931325°; uncertainty: 1912 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Ind. Univ. Stud., v.11(64): 41. Syntypes also of *Moenkhausia simulata* Eigenmann & Pearson in Eigenmann & Myers 1929, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., v.43(pt.5): 523, Pl.57 (fig.3).
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.