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CAS-ICH 73245 Astyanax caucanus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 24/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12762 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z73245 Date Collected 17 Jan 1912 - 18 Jan 1912 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Bolivar Department County
Water Body Drainage R. Magdalena basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Calamar, on Rio Magdalena at 72 ft. elev.
Latitude-Longitude 10.240202°, -74.912890°; uncertainty: 7916 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks previously identified as Poecilurichthys caucanus
Collecting Event Remarks Eigenmann Reconnaissance of Colombia