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CAS-ICH 15757 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 212 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Sumang, Yachad; Fehlmann, H. Adair  Field Number GVF 1873 Date Collected 23 Apr 1959 : 1300-1530
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 poison
Locality Madelai Dist., reef flat ca. 150 yds. northwest of "M Dock"; shallow reef pool w/ sand bottom & eel grass.
Latitude-Longitude 7°20'12"N, 134°28'14"E Bottom Type coral, sand & algae
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 1873 (sta. 59-45) for more data