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CAS-SU(ICH) 67770 Acanthurus chirurgus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Iwamoto, T. / 22 Jan 1975 Acanthuridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number MNRJ 8226 Size      
Collector; Vessel Rocha Rego, M.  Field Number SAL 21-XI-44 Date Collected 21 Nov 1944 
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / SW Atlantic Country Brazil State Bahia County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Salvador.
Latitude-Longitude -13.012102°, -38.540013°; uncertainty: 50000 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksThe locality is too vague. All the specimens but one, ANSP8228 Hoplias malabaricus, are marine, so I plotted the locality in the surrounding marine waters near Salvador de Bahia as an approximate.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Orig. no.: Bahia 13.
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