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CAS-SU(ICH) 49637 Malacoctenus gigas   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Springer, V. G. / 1958 Labrisomidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 27/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bohlke, J.; Hichborn, B.  Field Number Q48-13 Date Collected 23 Mar 1948 : 1700-1900
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Sonora County
Water Body Gulf of California Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear CUBE POISON & DIP NETS
Locality s. end of Choya Point, about 5 mi. n. of Punta Penasco.
Latitude-Longitude 31.335966°, -113.636413°; uncertainty: 1197 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type ROCK (BOULDERS)
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: INST. MAR. SCI., V.5, P.457, PL.5, FIGS.1,2.
Collecting Event Remarks STANFORD NAT. HIST. CLUB