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CAS-ICH 15765 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 74 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Fehlmann; DeWitt; Sumang; Tewid  Field Number GVF 1414 Date Collected 7 Oct 1957 : 1115-1445
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Palau State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Rock Is. Island Auluptagel I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear 2 gal. noxfish, hand, dipnet
Locality In corner between north tip of Auluptagel I. and Malakal causeway between Auluptagel and Malakal Is.
Latitude-Longitude 7°20'13"N, 134°27'50"E Bottom Type sand & coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 86(10):119-24, figs. 1-4; subgenus Cymbacephalus. description.
Collecting Event Remarks See GVF 1414 (sta. 57-36) for more data.