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CAS-ICH 68468 Astyanax   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Weitzman, S. / 1956 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU uncat. Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number Z68468 Date Collected 12 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 "Repressed" Lagem Marsal brook into Tocantins atCarolina. ["Repressed" probably should be Represa = *
Latitude-Longitude -7.334950°, -47.480314°; uncertainty: 4067 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksI couldn't find the Lagem or Lagoa Marsal. I plotted the locality in the rio Tocantins at Carolina as an approximate.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks dammed up pond. George S. Myers)