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CAS-SU(ICH) 24455 Melanotaenia kabia   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Herre, A. W. / 1935 Melanotaeniidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 15/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Herre, Albert W.  Field Number AWH 23-V-29 Date Collected 23 May 1929 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Papua New Guinea State East Sepik Province County
Water Body Sepik R. Drainage Sepik R. Basin Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Koragu, 215 miles from the sea.
Latitude-Longitude -3.966528°, 141.608166°; uncertainty: 101865 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Sepik River 215 miles from mouth.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: FMNH Publ. Zool. Ser., v.18(12): 397.
Collecting Event Remarks Crane Pacific Exped.