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CAS-SU(ICH) 37377 Quassiremus velifer   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Rosenblatt & McCosker / 1968 Ophichthidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Myers, George S.; Velero III Field Number VELERO 780B-38 Date Collected 14 Jan 1938 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Costa Rica State Puntarenas County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island I. del Coco
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Chatham Bay, Cocos Island, Costa Rica.
Latitude-Longitude 5°33'50"N, 86°58'45"W Bottom Type coarse white sand
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Head only. Also named Scytalichthys miurus?
Collecting Event Remarks Allan Hancock Pacific Exped. of 1938 sta. 780b-38.