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CAS-ICH 73244 Astyanax caucanus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 9/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12767 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z73244 Date Collected 9 Feb 1912 - 11 Feb 1912 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Cundinamarca Department County
Water Body Drainage R. Magdalena basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Girardot, on Rio Magdalena at 1,089 ft.
Latitude-Longitude 4.286794°, -74.808386°; uncertainty: 3840 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks previously identified as Poecilurichthys caucanus
Collecting Event Remarks Eigenmann Reconnaissance of Colombia