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CAS-ICH 15750 Platycephalus beauforti   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Knapp, Leslie W. / May 1973 Platycephalidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 111 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Harry (Rofen), Fehlmann, Sumang, Bayer  Field Number GVF 0639 Date Collected 28 Aug 1955 : 1030-1530
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Palau State County
Water Body Iwayama Bay Drainage Island Group Island Island II
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone
Locality Reef flat, south shore of island; limestone shore; rising low tide; water mod. turbid, 1/2 knot or less.
Latitude-Longitude 7°19'20"N, 134°29'15"E Bottom Type sand & coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 86(10):119, figs. 1-4; subgenus Cymbacephalus.
Collecting Event Remarks See GVF 0639 (sta. 133) for more data.