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CAS-ICH 78813 Gephyrocharax major   [Catalog of Fishes] PARALECTOTYPE ID by/date  Myers, G. S. / 1929 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 23/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 17289 Size      
Collector; Vessel Pearson, Nathan E.  Field Number NEP IX-21D Date Collected Sep 1921 - Sep 1921 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Bolivia State El Beni County
Water Body R. Beni Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rurrenabaque; elev. 1500 ft.
Latitude-Longitude -14.431925°, -67.528043°; uncertainty: 2934 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Rio Beni around Rurrenabaque.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: in Eigenmann & Myers, Mem. M.C.Z., v.43(5), p.479.
Collecting Event Remarks Mulford Exploration of the Amazon Basin.