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CAS-ICH 77914 Neetroplus panamensis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Cichlidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 14064 Size      
Collector; Vessel Meek, Seth E.; Hildebrand, Samuel F.  Field Number M&H 29-III-12 Date Collected 29 Mar 1912 
Continent/Ocean North America Country Panama State County
Water Body Reservoir Creek Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Gorgona, Canal Zone.
Latitude-Longitude 9.118049°, -79.715991°; uncertainty: 15222 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Gorgona Island, error covers area around island. Gorgona formerly existed on the banks of the Chagres River, 28 miles from Colon. Abandoned in August, 1913, on account of Gatun lake. Was an important place in both French and American canal
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks SMITHSONIAN BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE