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CAS-ICH 69078 Brycon melanopterum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bryconidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 16021 Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number WRA 1-IX-20 Date Collected 1 Sep 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Yarinacocha (=Llarinacocha), shallow, clear cutoff lake connected to Rio Pacaya by a long, narrow channel.
Latitude-Longitude -5.512145°, -74.338696°; uncertainty: 10113 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Yarina Cocha. Rio Pacaya is 20 km NW
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Tag enclosed reads 'Iquitos/ P.S. Morris'.
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.