FMNH 53294

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  • Sternarchus leptorhynchus FMNH 53294
    Creator: Dr. Philip W. Willink : John G. Shedd Aquarium - Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: lateral
FM Catalog: Fishes
Scientific Name: Sternarchus leptorhynchus
Type Status: Holotype
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Apteronotidae
Genus: Sternarchus
Species: leptorhynchus
Field #: CHE1908-1
Collector: C. H. Eigenmann
Geography: South America, Guyana, Potaro-Siparuni: Potaro River at Amatuk. [LL]
DWc Country: Guyana
Date Collected: 1908
Preparations: alc
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 1
Type Status: Holotype
EMu IRN: 632415
OccurenceID: 27ab54bb-cd34-44a8-96c4-67df338fb0dc
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