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CAS-ICH 14492 Minous pusillus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  ESCHMEYER & RAMA-RAO / 1972 Synanceiidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 9/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Steiner, Franz B.  Field Number FBS II-1972 Date Collected Feb 1919 - Feb 1919 
Continent/Ocean Asia Country Taiwan State County
Water Body Formosa Banks (Taiwan Strait) Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear trawl
Locality North to northwest.
Latitude-Longitude 22.992415°, 118.623158°; uncertainty: 44580 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksFormosa Banks (now Taiwan Banks) compose a large shoal (20-40m depth) located to the Southwest of Taiwan at the southern end of the Taiwan Strait bordering the South China Sea.
Acc. Number 1972-III:14 Specimen Remarks 5 spms. cleared & stained; now = CAS 14493.
Collecting Event Remarks