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CAS-ICH 79539 Rhynchorhamphus naga   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Collette, Bruce B. / 1976 Hemiramphidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 17/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 108-141 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Arsini; Pinyo; M/V Stranger Field Number GVF 2686 Date Collected 25 Sep 1960 : 2030-2050
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country       State County
Water Body South China Sea Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear dipnet under light
Locality Surface water thick with salps, occasional large jellyfish; water green, 12-26m deep; temp. ca. 27.5 deg. C.
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Bull. Mar. Sci. 26(1):87-90, fig. 9a; ALL FISH ARE MISSING;
Collecting Event Remarks Naga Exped.; "Scripps" locality 60-808, C.N. 418, S-8; see GVF 2686 (sta. 60-411) for more data.