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CAS-ICH 69069 Catoprion mento   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 11640 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z69069 Date Collected 6 Nov 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear hiari root (poison)
Locality Konawaruk Pool, separated from Konawaruk River (nearits mouth into the Essequibo) by a sandy, half-wooded *
Latitude-Longitude 5.304058°, -58.908933°; uncertainty: 989 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at mouth of Konawaruk River into the Essequibo River.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks "anal lobe pink at base."
Collecting Event Remarks spit