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CAS-ICH 73197 Astyanax bimaculatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 36/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15873 Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number Z73197 Date Collected 23 Oct 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear poison
Locality Puerto Melendez, military outpost on left bank ofPeruvian Amazon at foot of the Pongo de Manseriche; *
Latitude-Longitude -4.448802°, -77.515937°; uncertainty: 472 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks CENTENNIAL EXPEDITION
Collecting Event Remarks collections from creek across from the camp