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CAS-ICH 213340 Scorpaenopsis obtusa   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Randall & Eschmeyer / 2001 Scorpaenidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Collette, Bruce B.  Field Number BBC 1509 Date Collected 8 Jun 1970 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Papua New Guinea State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Trobriand Is. Island Kiriwina I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear poison
Locality Trobriand I., Kiriwina (Labai) on north coast off Towai Pt., northwest part of island.
Latitude-Longitude -8.421893°, 151.045788°; uncertainty: 935 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksCoordinates off Towai Point, NW of Kiriwina Island.
Acc. Number 1974-III:13 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks