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CAS-ICH 73177 Astyanax bimaculatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 27/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15869 Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number Z73177 Date Collected 26 Jun 1920 - 27 Jun 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Junin County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear damming, dynamite, seine, poison
Locality Rio Chanchomayo near La Merced, 96 km from La Oroya;ca. 2,500 ft. elev.; tropical life-zone
Latitude-Longitude -11.058677°, -75.324563°; uncertainty: 2667 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
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