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CAS-SU(ICH) 6536 Pomacentrus arcifrons   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Heller & Snodgrass / 1903 Pomacentridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Snodgrass, Robert E.; Heller, Edmund  Field Number S&H 1898-99L Date Collected 1898 - 1899 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / SE Pacific Country Ecuador State Galapagos County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Canton Isabela Island Isabela I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality I. Isabela (Albemarle).
Latitude-Longitude -0.984088°, -90.844691°; uncertainty: 149229 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe text refers to two different places, The Post Office bay is located in Charles Island and not in Isabela island. I plotted the locality in a middle point between the two islands as an approximate.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Proc. Washington Acad. Sci. 5:202, pl. 7; redet. as Eupomacentrus a.; 2 removed to SU 51109 as Eu. leucorus & 1 removed to SU 51120 as Abudefduf troschelli by Loren P. Woods Nov 1956.
Collecting Event Remarks Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899.