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CAS-SU(ICH) 49635 Malacoctenus gigas   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Springer, V. G. / 1958 Labrisomidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 10/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bohlke, Harry, Storey, Barton et al  Field Number Q48-11 Date Collected 21 Mar 1948 : 1645-1730
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Sonora County
Water Body Gulf of California Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear dip nets & derris poison
Locality Rocky Bluff Bay, near Rocky Bluff Point (Punta la Choya).
Latitude-Longitude 31.335019°, -113.637710°; uncertainty: 1461 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type rocky
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