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CAS-ICH 213341 Thunnus thynnus orientalis  [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Collette, B. B. / Jul 1962 Scombridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/1/0 Prep Type - Preservative skeletal-DRY Other/Previous Number Godsil #Bf.LC 5 Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number MEX-GUADALUPE Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean North America Country Mexico State Baja California State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Guadalupe (no other data).
Latitude-Longitude 29.037411°, -118.318189°; uncertainty: 18470 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Guadalupe Island, Islas Revillagigedos are a few hundred miles south of Guadalupe. In 1925, the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco) mounted an expedition to explore the Revillagigedo Archipelago off the Pacific coast of Mexico (Hanna 1926). The U.S. Navy generously provided the ship, the U.S.Ortolan, a mine sweeper. En route to the Revillagigedo Archipelago, the expedition spent three days at Isla Guadalupe (19–22 April 1925).
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Bluefin.
Collecting Event Remarks