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CAS-ICH 15766 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 137 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Fehlmann, H. A.; McDaniel, B.  Field Number GVF 0793 Date Collected 4 Jul 1956 : 930-1130
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 2 qt. pronoxfish, hand, dipnet
Locality Point of Yap jutting out into Passage from Tomil Bay and just NW of Donitsch (Nunguch) I.; water turbid, 0-3' deep.
Latitude-Longitude 9°30'45"N, 138°7'40"E Bottom Type sand & eel grass
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Publ.: Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 86(10):119-24, figs. 1-4; subgenus Cymbacephalus. description.
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 793 (sta. 7) for more data.