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CAS-ICH 33012 Pempheris bexillon   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  MOOI & RANDALL Pempheridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 121 mm SL
Collector; Vessel McCosker, J. E.; Lagios, M. D.  Field Number JEM 75-1 Date Collected Feb. 1975 
Continent/Ocean Indian Ocean Country Comoros State Grande Comore County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Comoro Is. Island Grande Comore I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear spear, handnet, trap
Locality Rock reef in front of Hotel Coelacanthe; lava rock.
Latitude-Longitude -11.696886°, 43.248641°; uncertainty: 2323 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksUnable to locate Hotel Coelacanthe but it is somewhere in Moroni.
Acc. Number 1975-III:13 Specimen Remarks Caught with spear. Male.
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