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9239

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Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Species: Tilapia nyirica  
Cat No: NRM 9239. N=6
Determiner: Lönnberg 1911
Length:
Preparation: Liquid
Continent/Ocean: Africa
Country: KENYA State/Province: Rift Valley/Eastern
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: Ewaso Ngiro River, below the Chanler's Falls
Field Number: LÖN-1911MAR08
Leg: Lönnberg, E
Date: 8 Mar 1911
SYNTYPE Tilapia nyirica
Object remarks: '10 others left in the jar' according to label probably written by D. Thys van den Audenaerde, Tervuren (label smelling Camphor indicating that the specimens has been on loan to a museum in Belgium where Camphor is used to make the ethanol undrinkable).
Locality remarks: River's name spelled 'Guaso Nyiri' on original label. Coordinates for Chanler's Falls obtained from Times Atlas/EIÅ, 1997.

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