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CAS-ICH 77346 Plecostomus popoi   [Catalog of Fishes] HOLOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Pearson, N. E. / 1924 Loricariidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number IU 17010 Size 104mm
Collector; Vessel Pearson, Nathan E.  Field Number NEP XI-21B Date Collected Nov 1921 - Nov 1921 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Bolivia State El Beni County
Water Body Drainage R. Beni Basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Reyes, pampa town 24 mile northeast of Rurrenabaque.
Latitude-Longitude -14.295043°, -67.340675°; uncertainty: 2203 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Reyes, NE of Rurrenabaque.
Acc. Number 1929-XI Specimen Remarks Publ.: Ind. Univ. Studies, v.11(64): 20. One specimen missing. Holotype identified from mixed lot by Larry Page, Mar. 1994; confirmed by C.J. Ferraris from photographs (orig. descr. Pl.III, figs. 1 & 2), 31 Mar. 1994. 2 remaining paratypes to CAS 81231
Collecting Event Remarks Mulford Exploration of the Amazon Basin