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CAS-SU(ICH) 49649 Malacoctenus gigas   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Springer, V. G. / 1958 Labrisomidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number SU 18969 Size      
Collector; Vessel Cliff, Figg-Hoblyn, Ball et al; Orca Field Number ORCA B-22 Date Collected 4 Apr 1953 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Sonora County
Water Body Gulf of California Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality San Pedro Bay, tidepool.
Latitude-Longitude 28.053865°, -111.243623°; uncertainty: 600 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at Bahia San Pedro.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: INST. MAR. SCI., V.5, P.457, PL.5, FIGS.1,2.
Collecting Event Remarks 1953 Sefton Foundation Orca Expedition.