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CAS-ICH 12037 Megalodoras irwini   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1925 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 16168 Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT IX-24 Date Collected IX-24 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Santarem market.
Latitude-Longitude -2.413969°, -54.739873°; uncertainty: 8470 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThis locality refers to specimens buy at the fish market in Santarem. There is not certainty about where the fish were collected. I plotted the locality at Santarem port with an uncertainty embracing waters of the Amazon and Tapajos rivers.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: TRANS. AM. PHIL. SOC., V.22(5), P.308; OTHER SPECIMEN IN ORIG. DESCRIPTION NOT FOUND.
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CAS-ICH 20735 Megalodoras irwini   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1925 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative dry-DRY Other/Previous Number TRS 2567 Size      
Collector; Vessel Beebe, William  Field Number WB 11-IX-19 Date Collected 11 Sep 1919 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Kartabo, Bartica district
Latitude-Longitude 6.381238°, -58.693728°; uncertainty: 781 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: TRANS. AM. PHIL. SOC., V.22(5), P.307; "ORIG. GIVEN A DISTINCT NAME" BUT FOUND TO BE "AN OVER-LARGE SPECIMEN OF *M. irwini* AND THE NAME PROPOSED FOR IT HAS THEREFORE BEEN SUPPRESSED." - C.H. EIGENMANN
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CAS-ICH 51073 Megalodoras guayoensis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Birindelli, J. / Aug 2009 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Lundberg, J. G.; Baskin, J. N.; et al; R/V Eastward Field Number JGL-76-78 Date Collected 24 Feb 1978 : 1622
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State Delta Amacuro County
Water Body R. Orinoco Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear trawl
Locality near mouth of Rio Arature; km 53; deepchannel bottom.
Latitude-Longitude 8°36'N, 60°54'W Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1982-VII:1 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Cruise E-2B-78.

CAS-ICH 56087 Megalodoras irwini   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Higuchi, H. / 1987 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number Z56087 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean Country       State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Died in Steinhart Aquarium. No other data.
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
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CAS-ICH 58089 Megalodoras guayoensis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Birindelli, J. / Aug 2009 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Mago-Leccia, F.; et al; R/V Eastward Field Number T-28-79 Date Collected 10 Nov 1979 : 1611
Continent/Ocean South America Country Venezuela State Delta Amacuro County
Water Body R. Orinoco Drainage Orinoco R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear trawl
Locality in deep channel on bottom.
Latitude-Longitude 8°32'N, 62°23'W Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1982-VII:1 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Cruise E-2B-78.

CAS-ICH 60227 Megalodoras irwini   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1925 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15427 Size 90-315 mm TL
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.; Morris, Percival S.  Field Number WRA 1922 Date Collected 1922 - 1922 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Iquitos.
Latitude-Longitude -3.747713°, -73.247222°; uncertainty: 11712 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates placed at Iquitos, error expanded to cover area around the town
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., v.22(5): 308; Holotype removed to CAS 80243; other 2 specimens (220 mm TL & 300 mm TL skeleton) described in orig. descr. not found.
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.

CAS-ICH 78412 Megalodoras   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Ferraris, Carl J. / Oct 1992 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT X-24 Date Collected Oct 1924 - Oct 1924 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Santarem market.
Latitude-Longitude -2.413969°, -54.739873°; uncertainty: 8470 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThis locality refers to specimens buy at the fish market in Santarem. There is not certainty about where the fish were collected. I plotted the locality at Santarem port with an uncertainty embracing waters of the Amazon and Tapajos rivers.
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CAS-ICH 80243 Megalodoras irwini   [Catalog of Fishes] HOLOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1925 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number CAS 60227,IU 15427 Size 278 mm TL
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.; Morris, Percival S.  Field Number WRA 1922 Date Collected 1922 - 1922 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Iquitos.
Latitude-Longitude -3.747713°, -73.247222°; uncertainty: 11712 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates placed at Iquitos, error expanded to cover area around the town
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., v.22(5): 308.
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.

CAS-SU(ICH) 17918 Megalodoras irwini   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Scherer, William G.  Field Number WGS 15-XII-41 Date Collected 15 Dec 1941 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body RIO AMPIYACU Drainage R. Amazonas basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality near Pebas
Latitude-Longitude -3.323565°, -71.859668°; uncertainty: 3036 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
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CAS-SU(ICH) 36167 Megalodoras uranoscopus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Higuchi, Horacio / 1992 Doradidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Scherer, William G.  Field Number WGS 4-IX-40 Date Collected 4 Sep 1940 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Peru State Loreto County
Water Body R. AMPIYACU Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality near Pebas.
Latitude-Longitude -3.324422°, -71.858209°; uncertainty: 4873 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
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