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Specimen Record

ContinentSouth America
CountryGuyana
State/ProvinceReg.9 (up.takutu-up.essequibo)
LocalityCreek, At Second Wooden Bridge From Moco-moco Power Station To Lethem
Latitude3.30318
Longitude-59.65038
Institution CodeAum
Collection CodeFish
Catalog Number48069
Collected ByL.s. De Souza, D.c. Taphorn, J.n. Baskin, T. Geerinckx, J.l. Hwan
Date Collected2007-11-13

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AUM Fish Collection
http://aumnh.org/research-collections/fishes

The Fish Collection at the Auburn University Museum of Natural History has fishes from all over the world. The collection has particularly large holdings of fishes from the Southeastern US and South America. Approximately 750,000 preserved specimens in more than 72,000 lots are cataloged in the collection.

Contacts

Name David Werneke
RoleCollections Manager
Emailwernedc@auburn.edu
Name David Werneke
RoleCollections Manager
Emailwernedc@auburn.edu
Name Laura Russell
RoleProgrammer
Emaillarussell@vertnet.org
Name David Bloom
RoleCoordinator
Emaildbloom@vertnet.org
Name John Wieczorek
RoleInformation Architect
Emailtuco@berkeley.edu
Name Jonathon Armbruster
RoleCurator of Fishes
Emailarmbrjw@mail.auburn.edu
Name David Werneke
RoleCollections Manager
Emailwernedc@auburn.edu
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Taxonomy
Scientific NameCorydoras melanistius
Higher ClassficationAnimalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Siluriformes | Callichthyidae | Corydoras
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyCallichthyidae
GenusCorydoras
Specific Epithetmelanistius
Taxon Rankspecies
Nomenclatural CodeICZN
Specimen
Catalog Number48069
Preparations26 - 70% EtOH
Institution CodeAUM
Collection CodeFish
Occurrence ID5e71b466-8bb1-474b-b871-f175d663587a
Basis of RecordPreservedSpecimen
Type of ResourcePhysicalObject
Collection Event
Collected ByL.S. de Souza, D.C. Taphorn, J.N. Baskin, T. Geerinckx, J.L. Hwan
Field NumberGUY07-16
Date Collected2007-11-13
Verbatim Date Collected13-Nov-07
Year2007
Month11
Day13
Start Day of Year317
End Day of Year317
Locality
CountryGuyana
Country CodeGY
State / ProvinceReg.9 (Up.Takutu-Up.Essequibo)
Higher GeographySouth America | Guyana | Reg.9 (Up.Takutu-Up.Essequibo) | | | Takutu River - Rio Branco - Rio Negro - Rio Amazonas | |
ContinentSouth America
Water BodyTakutu River - Rio Branco - Rio Negro - Rio Amazonas
Localitycreek, at second wooden bridge from Moco-Moco power station to Lethem
Verbatim LocalitySouth America | Guyana | Reg.9 (Up.Takutu-Up.Essequibo) | Takutu River - Rio Branco - Rio Negro - Rio Amazonas | creek, at second wooden bridge from Moco-Moco power station to Lethem
Decimal Latitude3.30318
Decimal Longitude-59.65038
Location ID08db9bde-d200-4265-88f3-fb640b008f7c
Geodetic Datumnot recorded (forced WGS84)
Other
Languageen
Modified1899-12-30
ID5e71b466-8bb1-474b-b871-f175d663587a
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dcterms:accessRightshttp://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html
dwc:establishmentMeansnative
dcterms:bibliographicCitation5e71b466-8bb1-474b-b871-f175d663587a. http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource.do?r=aum_fish.
dwc:occurrenceStatuspresent
dwc:georeferenceVerificationStatusrequires verification
dcterms:licenseCC0
dwc:eventRemarkselevation in meters
dwc:eventID7208
dwc:institutionIDhttp://grbio.org/cool/8wk2-p21y
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