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CAS-ICH 15748 Platycephalus beauforti   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Knapp, Leslie W. / May 1973 Platycephalidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 41-57 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Sumang, Y.; Fehlmann, H. A.  Field Number GVF 1853 Date Collected 22 Jan 1959 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Palau State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear 1.5 gal. noxfish, dipnet, hand
Locality Reef pool NE of Station Harbor off SE part of Arakabesan I.; white, turbid water ca. 150 yds from mangrove shore.
Latitude-Longitude 7°20'51"N, 134°28'1"E Bottom Type coral heads, coral rubble, sand and eel-grass
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 86(10):119, figs. 1-4; subgenus Cymbacephalus.
Collecting Event Remarks Coral Fish Project; see GVF 1853 (sta. 59-25) for more data