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CAS-ICH 81231 Plecostomus popoi   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Pearson, N. E. / 1924 Loricariidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number CAS 77346,IU 17010 Size 32-57 mm SL
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.: Indiana Univ. Studies, v. XI, study no. 64, p. 20, December 1924. 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. These paratypes removed
Collecting Event Remarks Mulford Exploration of the Amazon Basin