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CAS-ICH 15758 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 254 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Sumang  Field Number GVF 1992 Date Collected 16 Oct 1959 : 1000-1400
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Palau State Melekeok State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Babelthuap I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone (2 quarts 5% solution)
Locality Airai, north edge of Toagel Mid Passage; water very murky, 2-6' deep; falling tide; some eel grass.
Latitude-Longitude 7°20'55"N, 134°31'30"E Bottom Type mud, some sand
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 1992 (sta. 59-731) for more data.