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CAS-ICH 6585 Brachyplatystoma vaillanti   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Clark & Halstead / 1940 Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number Z6585 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Belem.
Latitude-Longitude -1.478830°, -48.506679°; uncertainty: 33143 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe descriptions are vague, so the locality was plotted near the town of Belem with an uncertainty that embraces waters of the rio Pará as well as the río Acará and Guama. Specimens bought in the river could be from some other localities farther than the
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