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CAS-SU(ICH) 40141 Cypselurus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Exocoetidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Myers, George S.  Field Number GSM 5-II-38 Date Collected 5 Feb 1938 - 6 Feb 1938 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / SE Pacific Country Peru State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear night light
Locality Between Callao and the Chinchas Is.
Latitude-Longitude -12.849270°, -76.757243°; uncertainty: 97827 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates centered at mid-point (straight line) between Callao and Chinchas Islands.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks designated *C. peruanus* paratypes by Myers & Wade but never published.
Collecting Event Remarks Hancock Exped.