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CAS-ICH 65623 Sorsogona   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Platycephalidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Poss, S. G.; Catania, D.; et al  Field Number SGP 87-29 Date Collected 20 May 1987 : 1140-1235
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Papua New Guinea State Madang Province County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone & scuba with dipnets
Locality Just north of passage between Tab and Wongat Islands on outer reef face of barrier reef.
Latitude-Longitude -5.148891°, 145.828683°; uncertainty: 2358 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type coral and coral rubble with some sand
Georef. RemarksError covers area between Tap and Wongat Islands.
Acc. Number 1987-XI:10 Specimen Remarks PHOTOGRAPHS: CATANIA, ROLLS 320 & 321
Collecting Event Remarks