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CAS-ICH 206082 Ogcocephalus porrectus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  McCosker, J. E. / 1999 Ogcocephalidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number JM-281 Size      
Collector; Vessel McCosker, John E.  Field Number JEM 26-XII-98 Date Collected 26 Dec 1998 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Costa Rica State Puntarenas County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island I. del Coco
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Lobster Rock.
Latitude-Longitude 5.550427°, -87.034122°; uncertainty: 299 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type sand & rock
Acc. Number 1999-I:5B Specimen Remarks Tissue sample & spec.; from 85 ft., below thermocline; photographed alive and on deck; kept alive in aquarium until 29th.
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