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CAS-ICH 64328 Pimelodus blochi   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 8/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Taphorn, Donald C.; Trubschenck; et al  Field Number DCT 81-30 Date Collected 16 Feb 1981 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State Portuguesa State County
Water Body R. Maria Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity F Gear small seine, 1/4 in. & 1/8 in. mesh, dipnet
Locality At bridge on Guanare-Acarigua highway. River reduced to pools, herons and storks abounded, eating the hundreds of fishes dying for lack of oxygen.
Latitude-Longitude 9.095317°, -69.660815°; uncertainty: 5000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1988-XI:9 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks