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CAS-SU(ICH) 21937 Astyanax abramoides   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1909 Acestrorhamphidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 5/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number CHE 7-X-08 Date Collected 7 Oct 1908 - 14 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body Potaro R. Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality At Tumatumari cataract.
Latitude-Longitude 5.363128°, -59.004184°; uncertainty: 1839 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Potaro River around Tumatumari Falls.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Ann. Carnegie Mus., v.6(1): 21.
Collecting Event Remarks Exped. to British Guiana (Carnegie Mus. & Indiana Univ.)