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CAS-SU(ICH) 37599 Rupiscartes atlanticus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Myers & Wade / 1942 Blenniidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Myers, George S.; et al; Velero III Field Number VELERO 847-38 Date Collected 16 Feb 1938 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / SE Pacific Country Peru State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality Northern Peru; 9.5 miles south of Zorritos Light; shore, rock, tidepools with lots of sand, freshwater trickle running in.
Latitude-Longitude -3.757230°, -80.792193°; uncertainty: 3119 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. Remarks9.5 miles southwest of Zorritos (following the coastline). Error calculated using the Manis Georeference Calculator
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions; some data have date as 14 Feb 1938, assume 16 Feb as correct. C.M. Fraser 1943 has coords. at 3°45'50"S, 79°47'W which would be in inland Ecuador.