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CAS-ICH 78887 Megalamphodus megalopterus   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, Carl H. / 1915 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 13622,IU 14133 Size      
Collector; Vessel Haseman, John D.  Field Number JDH 23-V-09 Date Collected 23 May 1909 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Mato Grosso County
Water Body Drainage R. Paraguay basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Creek six miles back of San Luiz de Caceres.
Latitude-Longitude -16.079945°, -57.748135°; uncertainty: 8522 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe locality is too vague, I plotted the locality as an approximate.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Mem. Carnegie Mus. 7(1):50; name also could be *Aphyocheirodon megalops*.
Collecting Event Remarks Carnegie Exped. to Central South America.