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CAS-ICH 69129 Charax gibbosus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12313 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z69129 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
Locality Konawaruk Pool, a lagoon separated from the KonawarukRiver (near its mouth into the Essequibo) by a sandy *
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 also (?) 3883
Collecting Event Remarks partly wooded spit