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CAS-ICH 70084 Hemibrycon huambonicus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 16/0/2 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; C&S-GLYCERINE Other/Previous Number IU 16195 Size      
Collector; Vessel W. R. Allen, Irwin Exped.  Field Number Z70084 Date Collected 16 Oct 1918 - 25 Oct 1918 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Huanuco Region County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Huancachapa Creek, a tumultuous small stream from theeastern slope of the central cordillera to Rio Huallaga *
Latitude-Longitude -9.973311°, -76.243001°; uncertainty: 22846 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksHuancachupa Creek is 1 league (3 miles) above Huanuco. Polygon covers creeks in that area. Coordinates at confluence of creek with R. Huallaga.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks 2 C&S specimen returned by Weitzman from USNM, their invoice #2035020 dated 10/18/2004, our invoice # not known.
Collecting Event Remarks a league above Huanuco; ca. 6,000 ft. elev.