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CAS-ICH 40457 Coryphaenoides acrolepis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Ruark, W. C. / 8 Dec 1977 Macrouridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Environmental Protection Agency  Field Number EPA 19-X-77 Date Collected 19 Oct 1977 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country United States State California County San Francisco Co.
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear otter trawl
Locality Farallone Is., EPA Nuclear Waste Disposal Site.
Latitude-Longitude 37.708273°, -123.137858°; uncertainty: 19993 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPlaced marker at Farallon Islands with uncertainty radius large enough to highlight two known nuclear waste disposal sites. The other sites are unknown, but likely within the uncertainty radius.
Acc. Number 1977-XII:8 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks