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CAS-SU(ICH) 49633 Malacoctenus gigas   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Springer, V. G. / 1958 Labrisomidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 4/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bohlke, Harry, Storey, Barton et al  Field Number Q48-9 Date Collected 21 Mar 1948 : 1630-1730
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Sonora County
Water Body Gulf of California Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone, dip nets
Locality Rocky Bluff Bay near Rocky Bluff Point (Punta la Cholla).
Latitude-Longitude 31.335019°, -113.637710°; uncertainty: 1461 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type boulders, some sand
Georef. RemarksError covers Punta La Choya.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: INST. MAR. SCI., V.5, P.457, PL.5, FIGS.1,2; SU 49633-49635 IN ONE JAR AND INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM EACH OTHER;
Collecting Event Remarks Stanford Nat. Hist. Club