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CAS-ICH 71583 Triportheus elongatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Triportheidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 10/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15748 Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number Z71583 Date Collected 31 Oct 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Lago Sanango, a large cutoff lake above Yurimaguas,connected to Rio Huallaga by a narrow channel; *
Latitude-Longitude -5.947467°, -76.058614°; uncertainty: 3296 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks originally identified as Chalcinus elongatus
Collecting Event Remarks clear, weedy, productive of fish