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CAS-ICH 70743 Moenkhausia chrysargyreus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 11845 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z70743 Date Collected 7 Oct 1908 - 9 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Potaro River branches below the Tumatumari cataract
Latitude-Longitude 5.363128°, -59.004184°; uncertainty: 995 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Tumatumari Falls, in the Potaro River.
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