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CAS-ICH 15764 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 289-395 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Sumang, Bapilung & Manggur  Field Number GVF 1935 Date Collected 6 Jan 1960 : 900-1200
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 1 gal. noxfish, hand, dipnet
Locality Shallow reef pool ca. 1 mi. SW of Ruquen Point and ca. 1/2 mile N. of Ueloi Village; water white, turbid, 2-6' deep.
Latitude-Longitude 9°33'45"N, 138°11'0"E Bottom Type living coral & sand 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 1935 (sta. 59-112) for more data.