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CAS-ICH 44219 Cynopotamus essequibensis   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Eigenmann, C. H. / 1912 Characidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 12319 Size      
Collector; Vessel Eigenmann, Carl H.  Field Number CHE 29-IX-08B Date Collected 29 Sep 1908 - 5 Oct 1908 
Continent/Ocean South America Country Guyana State County
Water Body R. Essequibo Drainage Essequibo R. basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Rockstone.
Latitude-Longitude 5.980685°, -58.554029°; uncertainty: 3799 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Essequibo River in Rockstone.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Mem. Carnegie Mus. 5:403-404.
Collecting Event Remarks Exped. to British Guiana (Carnegie Mus. & Indiana Univ.)