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CAS 36561 (IU 15818) Corydoras leucomelas Eigenmann [C. H.] & Allen [W. R.], 1942 Holotype  [Collection database record]
leucomelas, Corydoras Eigenmann [C. H.] & Allen [W. R.] 1942:178, Pl. 12 (fig. 4) [Fishes of western South America; ref. 1246] Yarinacocha, cutoff lake at right bank of Río Pacaya, near Sarayacu, about 5°15'S, 74°15'W, Upper Amazon, Peru. Holotype (unique): CAS 36561 [ex IU 15818]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:119 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Corydoras leucomelas Eigenmann & Allen 1942 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:198 [ref. 6910], Ortega & Vari 1986:16 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:366 [ref. 12860], Grant 1998:43 [ref. 23454], Isbrücker 2001:228 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:299 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:119 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:111 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:190 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Corydoras leucomelas Eigenmann & Allen 1942. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.
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