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CAS-ICH 76671 Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15763 Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number WRA 7-XII-20 Date Collected 7 Dec 1920 - 8 Dec 1920 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Amazonas County
Water Body Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Market at Manaus.
Latitude-Longitude -3.154813°, -59.958502°; uncertainty: 24364 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe fishes were bought so there is not certainty of where they were collected. I plotted the locality embracing waters of the amazon as well as of the Rio Negro.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks One spec. bisected; IU 15764 removed to CAS 213339.
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.