FMNH 56122

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  • FMNH_56122_Astyanax ruberrimus_Holotype_left lateral view_FZ.jpg
    Creator: Christopher C. Jones : Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology
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    Description: left lateral view of FMNH 56122 Astyanax ruberrimus holotype
  • 56122 Astyanax ruberimus
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    Description: 56122 Astyanax ruberimus FZ -
FM Catalog: Fishes
Catalog Subset: Catalogued
Scientific Name: Astyanax ruberrimus
Type Status: Holotype
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Astyanax
Species: ruberrimus
Field #: CHE1912-32B
Collector: C. H. Eigenmann
Geography: South America, Colombia: Istmina. [LL]
DWc Country: Colombia
Date Collected: 18 Mar 1912
Preparations: alc
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 1
Type Status: Holotype
EMu IRN: 634922
OccurenceID: 97370131-504d-4c51-aefa-4a7b488536d0
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