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CAS-ICH 15761 Platycephalus beauforti   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Knapp, Leslie W. / May 1973 Platycephalidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 372-406 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Sumang, Y.  Field Number GVF 2000 Date Collected 9 Nov 1959 : 1000-1700
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 poison station
Locality Ne. side of Arudowaishi Cape; sand flat w/ mud & coral rubble near mangrove swamp, some eel grass; water milky.
Latitude-Longitude 7°21'12"N, 134°34'57"E Bottom Type coralline rubble, sand & silt bottom
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 2000 (sta. 59-739) for more data.