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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 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
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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 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
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