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CAS-SU(ICH) 1656 Balistes naufragium   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Jordan & Starks / 1895 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Jordan, David S.; Culver, George B.; Starks, Edwin C.; et al  Field Number HOPKINS 1894 Date Collected 24 Dec 1894 - 1 Jan 1895 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Sinaloa County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Mazatlan, in astillero near wreck of French man-o-war.
Latitude-Longitude 23.214189°, -106.380831°; uncertainty: 786 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Astillero Mazatlan.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Orig. descr. lists SU 1656 as type, but two specs. have tin tags 1656, larger one labeled holotype now carries no. SU 11656, smaller one 1656.
Collecting Event Remarks Hopkins Exped. to Sinaloa