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CAS-SU(ICH) 12912 Raja tengu   [Catalog of Fishes] HOLOTYPE  [image] ID by/date  Jordan & Fowler / 1895 Rajidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; radiograph Other/Previous Number Size 44 in.
Collector; Vessel Jordan, Presumably D. S.; Snyder, J. O.  Field Number Z 112912 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NW & Central Pacific Country Japan State Miyagi County
Water Body Matsushima Bay Drainage Island Group Island Honshu I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Label & SU logbook give "Sendai" (former provincial name perhaps ??).
Latitude-Longitude 38.340777°, 141.092503°; uncertainty: 6535 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksError covers area around Matsushima Bay.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks 'Long-nosed Ray'; Publ.: Proc. USNM, v.26(1324): 654, fig.8. Orig. descr. gives SU Type Number as 7138.
Collecting Event Remarks May possibly be Albatross collection.