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CAS-ICH 69313 Creagrutus peruanus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 16050 Size      
Collector; Vessel C.H. Eigenmann, Irwin Exped.  Field Number CHE 15-XI-18A Date Collected 15 Nov 1918 - 16 Nov 1918 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State County
Water Body R. Urubamba Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Santa Ana, [a village... the hacienda of Sr. Carlos Duque, 3,000 - 3,400 ft. elev.]
Latitude-Longitude -12.866332°, -72.686798°; uncertainty: 3350 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Locality in brackets from Eigenmann's Fishes of Western South America, parts 1 & 2, published by the Univ. of Kentucky, 1942, p.79; This locality represents the farthest point reached by the Eigenmanns on the Urubamba.