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CAS-ICH 72201 Gymnotus anguillaris   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Nijssen, Han / 1971 Gymnotidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 5/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12626 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z72201 Date Collected 17 Oct 1908 - 29 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality lower Potaro River branches at Tukeit
Latitude-Longitude 5.200085°, -59.454892°; uncertainty: 2434 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Potaro River around Tukeit.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks previously identified as Gymnotus carapo
Collecting Event Remarks