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Scientific name: Colossoma macropomum

Collector name: Ray Bandar – RB

Notes: Though this fish is similar in shape and size to a piranha, its teeth tell a different story. It fasts for months, then comes inland with floodwaters, swimming up under trees to eat fallen fruit.

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Scientific Name: Antilocapra americana americana

Age [Sex]: [F]

Collection Date: 2 Feb 1988

Locality: 5 miles north of Newell

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