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CAS-ICH 75902 Pimelodus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Stewart, D. J. / 1980 Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Brittan, Martin R.; Schwartz, H. W.  Field Number SAC STATE # F19 Date Collected 26 Apr 1964 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Amazonas County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rio Itu at Praya Bulufu, ca. 80 km. upstream fromRio Negro
Latitude-Longitude 0.733333°, -63.683333°; uncertainty: 12000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe occurrence records in Fishbase give some coordinates for this locality that will locate it in the Rio Negro. I could'n find the beach but I plotted the locality in the Rio Itu as an approximate.
Acc. Number 1971-VII:6 Specimen Remarks P. cf. albofasciatus; other collectors: "2 caboclos"
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