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CAS-ICH 77256 Plecostomus emarginatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Clark & Halstead / 1940 Loricariidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 7/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT 25-I-24B Date Collected 25 Jan 1924 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Goias County
Water Body Drainage R. Tocantins basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rio Santa Teresa, western tributary to upper Rio Tocantins
Latitude-Longitude -12.880855°, -48.828909°; uncertainty: 124359 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksI couldn't establish the exact location of the collecting site, so I plotted the locality embracing the total length of the Rio Santa Teresa as an approximate.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks CATALOG TAGS SAY 6461, BUT LABEL HAS DIFFERENT LOCALITY FROM CAS 6461. CAS 6461 IS FROM SANTAREM MARKET AND HAS A CATALOG TAG ON THE SOLE SPECIMEN. I DOUBT THAT THIS LOT WAS EVER CATALOGED AT C.A.S., THEREFORE HAVE GIVEN IT A NEW NUMBER. - JDF, MAR 1992.
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