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CAS-ICH 15760 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 133 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Sumang; Bapilung  Field Number GVF 1929 Date Collected 1 Jan 1960 : 1430-1700
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State Yap State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Yap Is. Island Yap I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear 5% emulsified 1/2 gallon Chemfish special
Locality Maerur Dist.; bomb crater near stone dock at Tomil I.; water turbid, 2-5' deep; ca. 100 yds. off mangrove shore.
Latitude-Longitude 9°31'17"N, 138°9'0"E Bottom Type mud, sand, dead coral rubble, 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 1929 (sta. 59-106) for more data.