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CAS-ICH 73246 Astyanax caucanus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12763 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z73246 Date Collected 28 Jan 1912 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Tolima Department County
Water Body Drainage R. Magdalena basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Honda, on Rio Magdalena at 693 ft. elev.
Latitude-Longitude 5.205214°, -74.734636°; uncertainty: 6273 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks previously identified as Poecilurichthys caucanus
Collecting Event Remarks Eigenmann Reconnaissance of Colombia