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38800

Coordinates available for 1 records of 38800

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Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Gymnarchidae
Species: Gymnarchus niloticus   nilgädda
Cat No: NRM 38800. N=2
Determiner: Svensson, GSO 1933
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa
Country: GAMBIA State/Province: MacCarthy Island Div
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: Gambia River drainage: MacCarthy Island area
Field Number: SVE-1931
Leg: Svensson, GSO & Rudebeck, B
Date: 1931

Object remarks: Two cut-off heads, from large specimens estimated to have been 1-1.5 m. No individual labels. Found in jar together with NRM 38799.
Locality remarks: Coordinates for MacCarthy Island obtained from NIMA GEONet /EIÅ, 2000. Some specimens were donated by Svensson in 1932, additional material transferred from ZI on several occasions up to 1987.

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