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CAS-SU(ICH) 42694 Melamphaes robustus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Melamphaidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number see remarks Size      
Collector; Vessel Beebe, William; Tee-Van, John; et al; Gladisfen Field Number NYZS 1278,1281 Date Collected 9 Sep 1931 : 926-1400
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / NW Atlantic Country Bermuda State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear 1 meter net
Locality 8 mi. cylinder centered about coordinates; direction of haul: E to NE; weather overcast; wind NW force 2; sea swell
Latitude-Longitude 32°12'N, 64°36'W Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Prev.#'s: NYZS 23229, 23249; SU 42650 - 42697 in same jar
Collecting Event Remarks Combination of nets 1278 & 1281; N.Y. Zool. Soc. Bermuda Oceanographic Exped.; collection date listed as 9 Aug 1931 in Zoologica, v.13(3):44, but vials and common sense say date is 9 Sep 1931.