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CAS-ICH 207710 Scorpaenodes   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Eschmeyer, W. N. / May 1999 Scorpaenidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 4/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Collette, Bruce B.  Field Number BBC-1487 Date Collected 26 May 1970 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Papua New Guinea State Madang Province County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear POISON STATION
Locality Madang Harbor inside south tip of Paeowai Isl.in pile of branching coral ca. 12 ft. across.
Latitude-Longitude -5.180853°, 145.827959°; uncertainty: 386 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates at south tip of Paeowai Island.
Acc. Number 1974-III:13 Specimen Remarks 1 Parascorpaena specimen removed to CAS 207711.
Collecting Event Remarks