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CAS-ICH 71623 Microschemobrycon callops   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Cavallaro, M. R. / 19 Oct 2009 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU uncat. Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT 2-IV-25C Date Collected 2 Apr 1925 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State Amazonas State County
Water Body Drainage R. Orinoco Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rio Orinoco at Playa Matepalma, below Yapecana.
Latitude-Longitude 3.975330°, -67.076468°; uncertainty: 20000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksI plotted the locality as an approximate in the Orinoco near Tama Tama beach. From descriptions in Ternetz's itinerary one could infer that the collection site is between Tama Tama and Santa Barbara, also the description mention Yapacana and I assumed it
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