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CAS-ICH 15755 Platycephalus beauforti   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Knapp, Leslie W. / May 1973 Platycephalidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 91 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Harry (Rofen), R. R.; Bayer, F. M.  Field Number GVF 0514 Date Collected 11 Jul 1955 : 1500-1745
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Palau State Koror State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Koror I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear hand
Locality Madalai Dist., west end of Koror, sand flat enclosed by retaining wall parallel to Malakal Causeway; 5-10 yds. off rocky shore.
Latitude-Longitude 7°20'22"N, 134°28'5"E Bottom Type sand, silt, marginal rocks, some coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 86(10):119, figs. 1-4; subgenus Cymbacephalus.
Collecting Event Remarks See GVF 514 (sta. 15) for more data.