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CAS-SU(ICH) 7279 Chanos chanos   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chanidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number Z107279 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Taiwan State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality 'Toii, Formosa'
Latitude-Longitude 24.841949°, 121.824486°; uncertainty: 3812 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksToi (i), Formosa circa 1901 is a small fishing village on the NW coast of Taiwan that is now present day Toucheng Township. This specimen of milkish, Chanos chanos, was likely collected in the coastal estuary near the De Zi Kou Xi river or in a local fish market at the harbor on Gang Kou Rd. Map Ref: http://academic.reed.edu/formosa/gallery/map_pages/SectionMaps/NMaps/Davidson-NForm_B.html
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