FMNH 53575

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
  • Porotergus gymnotus 65 mmTL FMNH 53575 head
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    Description: lateral head 65 mmSL
  • Porotergus gymnotus 65 mmTL FMNH 53575 lateral
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    Description: lateral 65 mmSL
  • Porotergus gymnotus 65 mmTL FMNH 53575 tail
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    Description: lateral tail 65 mmSL
  • Porotergus gymnotus 65 mmTL FMNH 53575 body
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    Description: lateral body 65 mmSL
  • 53575_A_Holo_lat_FZ
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology - Division of Fishes
    Radiographer: Mr. Kevin A. Swagel : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology
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    Description: 53575:Porotergus gymnotus:1::::Holotype:Apteronotidae:233:CHE1908-1:South America:Guyana
  • 53575_B_Holo_lat_FZ
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology - Division of Fishes
    Radiographer: Mr. Kevin A. Swagel : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 53575:Porotergus gymnotus:1::::Holotype:Apteronotidae:233:CHE1908-1:South America:Guyana
  • 53575_C_Holo_lat_FZ
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology - Division of Fishes
    Radiographer: Mr. Kevin A. Swagel : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: 53575:Porotergus gymnotus:1::::Holotype:Apteronotidae:233:CHE1908-1:South America:Guyana
FM Catalog: Fishes
Scientific Name: Porotergus gymnotus
Type Status: Holotype
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Apteronotidae
Genus: Porotergus
Species: gymnotus
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: 632661
OccurenceID: 3baf19a3-11bf-4bdf-9927-37f4e6c7db1d
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