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CAS-ICH 97275 Zanclus cornutus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  DeWITT, H. / 1959 Zanclidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bingham, Ellsworth & Josef  Field Number GVF 1359 Date Collected 3 Aug 1957 : 1000-1230
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / South Pacific Country French Polynesia State County
Water Body Iriru Pass Drainage Island Group Society Is. Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone & spear
Locality Off Iriru I., edge of pass; sand & coral flat, coral wall, sand and dead coral 100 yds. from sand shore.
Latitude-Longitude 16°47'38"S, 151°23'45"W Bottom Type bottom of sand, dead and live coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks longitude figured on a 37 deg. angle from the point of Mau Fenua Mt., dist.=4750 m. from summit; see GVF 1359 (sta. 27) for more data; French Oceania Exped.