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CAS-ICH 18292 Brachyplatystoma filamentosum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number S.A. Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country       State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality no other data.
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks OVERSIZE; FROM CROCK 57.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 6580 Brachyplatystoma filamentosum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number CT MAY-1924 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Belem (Raia) fish market
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 6713 Brachyplatystoma filamentosum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Clark & Halstead / 1940 Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Ternetz, Carl  Field Number Z6713 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Belem.
Latitude-Longitude -1.478830°, -48.506679°; uncertainty: 33143 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe descriptions are vague, so the locality was plotted near the town of Belem with an uncertainty that embraces waters of the rio Pará as well as the río Acará and Guama. Specimens bought in the river could be from some other localities farther than the
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-SU(ICH) 22455 Brachyplatystoma filamentosum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 4/1/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; skeletal Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Starks, Edwin C.  Field Number ECS-PARA Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Para.
Latitude-Longitude -1.422543°, -48.752498°; uncertainty: 50000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPará refers to the name of the state and the river as well. There is not enough information to plot the locality with low uncertainty, but is safe to assume that the fishes were collected around the area of Belem. Belem constitute one of the ports of entrance to Brazil and was the way in to the country for some expeditions in the past. Also the fact that specimens listed for this localities are freshwater and marine confirm the location of the collections.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Starks bone collection. See also SU 54118.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-SU(ICH) 54118 Brachyplatystoma filamentosum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/1/0 Prep Type - Preservative skeletal Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Starks, Edwin C.  Field Number ECS-PARA Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Para.
Latitude-Longitude -1.422543°, -48.752498°; uncertainty: 50000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPará refers to the name of the state and the river as well. There is not enough information to plot the locality with low uncertainty, but is safe to assume that the fishes were collected around the area of Belem. Belem constitute one of the ports of entrance to Brazil and was the way in to the country for some expeditions in the past. Also the fact that specimens listed for this localities are freshwater and marine confirm the location of the collections.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Starks bone collection. Possibly from SU 22455.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 18284 Brachyplatystoma filamentosum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Halstead, B. W. / 1945 Pimelodidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Allen, William R.  Field Number WRA 1920-IQUI Date Collected 1920 
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 OVERSIZE
Collecting Event Remarks Centennial Exped.
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