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CAS-ICH 68464 Astyanax   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Weitzman, S. / 1956 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 5/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number Z68464 Date Collected 3 Mar 1924 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Maranhao County
Water Body Drainage R. Tocantins basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Tucum brook into Tocantins at Carolina
Latitude-Longitude -7.331886°, -47.479971°; uncertainty: 6000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThere is a Rio Tucum located at -12.559157 and -48.570467 that empties in the Rio das Almas. Since the text stated that the rio Tucum empties in the Rio Tocantins at Carolina, I plotted the locality in the Tocantins at Carolina as an approximate.
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