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CAS-ICH 213252          ID by/date  Pegasidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/2/0 Prep Type - Preservative skeletal-DRY Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Steiner, Franz B.  Field Number FBS 5-V-72B Date Collected 5 May 1972 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Taiwan State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear trawl
Locality About Formosa Banks, west of Kao-Hsiung.
Latitude-Longitude 22.992415°, 118.623158°; uncertainty: 44580 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksFormosa Banks (now Taiwan Banks) compose a large shoal (20-40m depth) located to the Southwest of Taiwan at the southern end of the Taiwan Strait bordering the South China Sea.
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