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CAS-SU(ICH) 63326 Caranx medusicola   [Catalog of Fishes] SYNTYPE ID by/date  Jordan & Starks / 1895 Carangidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number SU 2845 Size 98 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Jordan, David S.; Culver, George B.; Starks, Edwin C.  Field Number HOPKINS 1894F Date Collected 24 Dec 1894 - 25 Jan 1895 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Sinaloa County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality From the surf outside the harbor at Mazatlan.
Latitude-Longitude 23.228327°, -106.430707°; uncertainty: 5970 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksError covers town of Mazatlan.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks = C. melampygos - F. H. Berry 18 Feb 1963.
Collecting Event Remarks Hopkins Exped. to Sinaloa