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CAS-ICH 75836 Pimelodella metae   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Heptapteridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 13769 Size      
Collector; Vessel Manuel Gonzales for Eigenmann  Field Number Z75836 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Colombia State Meta Department County
Water Body Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rio Meta at its head of navigation, Barrigon.
Latitude-Longitude 4.165469°, -73.013491°; uncertainty: 2939 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe location is at the Rio Guaitara, about 6 upstream where the Guaitara meets the Rio Meta. The Rio Meta is part of the Orinoco basin and not the Amazon Basin. The place is called Puerto Barrigon and not Barrigona.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks received by IUM: 24 Mar 1914; supplements Eigenmann Colombian Reconnaissance.