Megalonema platycephalum psammium Schultz
date: label: Collection Date
content: 24 Feb 1942
name: label: Collector
content: Leonard P. Schultz
label: River Basin
content: Maracaibo Basin
notes: label: Notes
content: 2 specs. exch to mago-leccia univ. central de venezuela apr 1979 3 specs. exch. to ummz, 1944. 046 specimens previously listed in ledger.
label: Notes
content: 2 of 39 specimens cleared and stained; 91-92mm SL
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Dec 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 39
place: label: Place
content: Venezuela, Rio Socuy 3 kilometers above mouth, Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela, South America
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Megalonema platycephalum psammium Schultz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 161595
label: USNM Number
content: 121177
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Schultz, L. P. 1944. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 94 (3172): 216, pls. 1-14.
label: Type Status
content: Paratype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes, Pimelodidae
physicalDescription: label: Prep Count
content: 2
label: Preparation
content: Glycerin with Bone and Cartilage Stain