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CAS-ICH 66874 Poptella brevispina   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Reis, Roberto E. / 1989 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12362 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z66874 Date Collected 30 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Erukin Creek Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear poison & nets
Locality Potaro River between Kangaruma and Amatuk Fall, Mazaruni-Potaro district.
Latitude-Longitude 5.324699°, -59.254081°; uncertainty: 6342 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Potaro River between Kangaruma and Amatuk Falls. Coordinates placed at center of polygon.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Comun. Mus. Cienc. PUCRS, Ser. zool. Porto Alegre 2(6):37-41, figs. 18 & 22, tab. 5.
Collecting Event Remarks Exped. to British Guiana (Carnegie Mus. & Indiana Univ.)