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CAS-SU(ICH) 18687 Pomacentrus rectifraenum   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Mead / 1950 Pomacentridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Mead, Giles W.  Field Number M49-27 Date Collected 27 May 1949 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country El Salvador State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear night light
Locality about 200 miles south of El Salvador, night light.
Latitude-Longitude 12°50'0"N, 89°40'0"W Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Bureau of Fisheries tag just gives coordinates; another handwritten tag says,"200 mi. S. of El Salvador." Plotting coordinates on a map would indicate that this locality is only 50 mi S. of the coast of El Salvador.