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CAS-SU(ICH) 49626 Malacoctenus gigas   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Springer, V. G. / 1958 Labrisomidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 24/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Alex Calhoun, Margaret Storey et al  Field Number C&S 26-III-41 Date Collected 26 Mar 1941 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Sonora County
Water Body Gulf of California Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear derris
Locality Shallow, sandy-bottom tidepool & adjacent cove-pool, south of Punta Penasco.
Latitude-Longitude 31.296112°, -113.544317°; uncertainty: 1306 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at S shore of Puerto Peņasco
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: INST. MAR. SCI., V.5, P.457, PL.5, FIGS.1,2.
Collecting Event Remarks