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CAS-ICH 73247 Astyanax caucanus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 6/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12759 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z73247 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 Cienega (=Cienega del Cerro; cienega = marsh) E. of Rio Magdalena & N. of Calamar
Latitude-Longitude 10.281500°, -74.845645°; uncertainty: 7192 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksAccording to the description Cienaga Calamar refers to Cienaga del Cerro, the locality was plotted at the Cienaga del Cerro de San Antonio.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks previously identified as Poecilurichthys caucanus
Collecting Event Remarks Eigenmann Reconnaissance of Colombia