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CAS-ICH 80748 Platybelone argalus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Belonidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bolin, Rolf L.; Alister Hardy Field Number GVF 1748 Date Collected 23 May 1958 : 1700-1900
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country China State Hainan County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Paracel Is. Island Pratas Reef
Depth Width Salinity Gear poison
Locality Northeast point of Pratas Reef; reef flat creased by very shallow depressions running toward sea.
Latitude-Longitude 20°46'5"N, 116°53'5"E Bottom Type bare coral w/sand toward edge of reef
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 1748 (sta. HK-71) for more data.