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CAS-ICH 15620 Suggrundus meerdervoortii   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Anderson, M. Eric / 1987 Platycephalidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Steiner, Franz B.  Field Number Z15620 Date Collected 5 May 1972 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Taiwan State County
Water Body FORMOSA STRAIT Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear TRAWL
Locality Formosa Strait; just south of Formosa Banks to Pescadores Islands.
Latitude-Longitude 23.254213°, 118.975525°; uncertainty: 65170 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksLarge uncertainty due to the fact that the Formosa Banks lie to the south of the Pescadore Islands. The description of the collection indicates it was between the Formosa Banks to the North and Pescadore Islands to the south. In contrast, the Georeference position was placed in the region to south of the Pescadore Islands and North of the 'true' modern oceanographic position of the Formosa Banks (Shoals).
Acc. Number 1972-V:5 Specimen Remarks ORIG. DET. IN GENUS Platycephalus. 4 REMOVED AS 29357.
Collecting Event Remarks P'enghu Ch'untao (=Pescadores) Island.