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CAS-SU(ICH) 49642 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 STOREY, MCMULLIN, LARA, BARTON ET AL  Field Number Q48-22 Date Collected 25 Mar 1948 : 1030-1130
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 rotenone, dip nets
Locality 2 miles south of Rocky Bluff Point (Punta la Cholla), Rocky Bluff Bay.
Latitude-Longitude 31.307654°, -113.635687°; uncertainty: 3677 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type reef w/some small boulders
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at 2 miles south of Punta La Choya.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: INST. MAR. SCI., V.5, P.457, PL.5, FIGS.1,2.
Collecting Event Remarks Stanford Nat. Hist. Club