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CAS-SU(ICH) 62515 Achirus achirus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Muniz, Camila C. / 26 May 2008 Achiridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number 13-II-21/MA Date Collected 13 Feb 1921 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Amazonas County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Manaus.
Latitude-Longitude -3.159269°, -60.002619°; uncertainty: 50502 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThere is not enough information about where in the river where the specimens collected. The locality was plotted with a locality that embraces the main channel of the Amazonas and Rio Negro near Manaus, as well as other water bodies in the area.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks taken fr. mouth of Pinirampus pirinampu.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 227098 Achirus achirus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Muniz, Camila C. / 8 Jul 2008 Achiridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number MADRE DEUS Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Maranhao County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Madre [de] Deus.
Latitude-Longitude -12.733249°, -38.617568°; uncertainty: 5000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksAll the specimens but one (CAS51776 Aspredinichthys filamentosus) are marine, and the Madre de Deus located in Maranhao is inland. I assumed locality to be Madre de Deus in the state of Bahia.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Can 10.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-SU(ICH) 52453 Achirus achirus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  HUBBS & BOLLINGER / 1963 Achiridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number MD 95 Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number MADRE DEUS Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Maranhao County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Madre [de] Deus.
Latitude-Longitude -12.733249°, -38.617568°; uncertainty: 5000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksAll the specimens but one (CAS51776 Aspredinichthys filamentosus) are marine, and the Madre de Deus located in Maranhao is inland. I assumed locality to be Madre de Deus in the state of Bahia.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-SU(ICH) 52454 Achirus achirus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  HUBBS & BOLLINGER / 1963 Achiridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number MD 92 Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number MADRE DEUS Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Maranhao County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Madre [de] Deus.
Latitude-Longitude -12.733249°, -38.617568°; uncertainty: 5000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksAll the specimens but one (CAS51776 Aspredinichthys filamentosus) are marine, and the Madre de Deus located in Maranhao is inland. I assumed locality to be Madre de Deus in the state of Bahia.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 227097 Achirus achirus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Muniz, Camila C. / 7 Jul 2008 Achiridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT 25-XI-24 Date Collected 25.XII.24 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Belem - Para market.
Latitude-Longitude -1.369180°, -48.494557°; uncertainty: 22842 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe fish were bought in Belem's fish market, so the locality was plotted in the surroundings of Belem.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-SU(ICH) 22127 Achirus achirus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  HUBBS & BOLLINGER / 1963 Achiridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 9/0/1 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; C&S-GLYCERINE; radiograph Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Starks, Edwin C.  Field Number ECS 1911-LP Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Rio Grande do Norte County
Water Body Lake Papary Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear large gill net, large cast nets & canoes
Locality Ca. 24 miles south of Natal; large shallow lake with marshy banks & muddy estuaries choked with water hyacinth.
Latitude-Longitude -6.116627°, -35.167859°; uncertainty: 2969 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Stanford Expedition to Brazil.

CAS-ICH 79363 Achirus achirus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Muniz, Camila C. / 13 Jun 2008 Achiridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 7/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12547 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number CHE IX-08 Date Collected Sep 1908 - Sep 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Georgetown market.
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Expedition to British Guiana (Carnegie Mus. & Indiana Univ.)

CAS-SU(ICH) 21891 Achirus achirus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  HUBBS & BOLLINGER / 1963 Achiridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 255mm
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number CHE IX-08 Date Collected Sep 1908 - Sep 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Georgetown market.
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Expedition to British Guiana (Carnegie Mus. & Indiana Univ.)
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