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CAS-SU(ICH) 31588 Pygocentrus piraya   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Herre, Albert W.  Field Number AWH VI-34E Date Collected Jun 1934 - Jun 1934 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Argentina State County
Water Body Rio Paraguay Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Entre Rios.
Latitude-Longitude -32.106635°, -59.086227°; uncertainty: 221181 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Prov. Entre Rios, coordinates placed at center of polygon.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Herre Expedition.

CAS-SU(ICH) 2350 Pygocentrus piraya   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/1/0 Prep Type - Preservative skeletal-DRY Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Hart, Frederick C.  Field Number Z102350 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State County
Water Body LOWER AMAZON Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity F Gear
Locality LOWER AMAZON
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Starks bone collection.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 15279 Pygocentrus piraya   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15279 Size      
Collector; Vessel Haseman, John D.  Field Number JDH 28-XI-07 Date Collected 28 Nov 1907 
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / SW Atlantic Country Brazil State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Joazeiro
Latitude-Longitude -9.406985°, -40.507650°; uncertainty: 5000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksI plotted the locality in the Rio Sao Francisco in Juazeiro.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 15264 Pygocentrus piraya   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 15264 Size      
Collector; Vessel Haseman, John D.  Field Number JDH 6-I-08 Date Collected 6 Jan 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Bahia State County
Water Body RIO GRANDE OR SWAMPY PONDS Drainage Sao Francisco R.basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality near mouth of Rio Preto at Boqueirao; clear water
Latitude-Longitude -11.352356°, -43.839030°; uncertainty: 5000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks CARNEGIE EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA

CAS-ICH 11795 Pygocentrus piraya   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Fink, W. L. / 1985 Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number 2075 Size      
Collector; Vessel Amaral, Afranio do  Field Number AA 1913B Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Minas Gerais County
Water Body RIO SAO FRANCISCO Drainage Sao Francisco R.basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality RIO SAO FRANCISCO
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks 1 to Sao Paulo Zool. Dept.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-SU(ICH) 22059 Pygocentrus piraya   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Starks, Edwin C.  Field Number ECS 1911-PARA Date Collected 1911 - 1911 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Brazil State Para County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Para
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Stanford Exped. to Brazil

CAS-ICH 57397 Pygocentrus piraya   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number IU 11638 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z57397 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rupununi River, Tinoca (Tuoca ?) Pan.
Latitude-Longitude 3.294876°, -59.349114°; uncertainty: 119878 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Rupununi River, coordinaes placed at center of polygon.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks CATALOG DOES NOT AGREE WITH JAR LABEL(S).
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 71018 Pygocentrus piraya   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Serrasalmidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 4/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 11639 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number Z71018 Date Collected 30 Sep 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rupununi River at Twoka Pan
Latitude-Longitude 3.294876°, -59.349114°; uncertainty: 119878 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Rupununi River, coordinaes placed at center of polygon.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks
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