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CAS-ICH 6556 Plecostomus plecostomus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Clark & Halstead / 1940 Loricariidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT 21-XI-23 Date Collected 21 Nov 1923 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Goias County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Tapagem Brook into R. Salobro.
Latitude-Longitude -14.216310°, -48.256116°; uncertainty: 29833 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksI believe that the locality could refer to the Rio Bagagem instead of Tapagem. The Bagagem river empties in the Rio Tocantinzinho and is currently part of the Represa da Mesa. I plotted the locality in the Represa da Mesa as an approximate.
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