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CAS-SU(ICH) 18734 Diplecogaster megalops   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Briggs, John C. / 1955 Gobiesocidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 19.2 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Mortensen, Thomas  Field Number TM 22-VII-29 Date Collected 22 Jul 1929 
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / SE Atlantic Country South Africa State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear scraper device
Locality off Durban; taken with sponges from bottom
Latitude-Longitude -29.854316°, 31.058165°; uncertainty: 8201 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type sand bottom
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Stan. Ich. Bull. 6:31-32, fig. 84.
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