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CAS-ICH 225755 Chromis abyssus   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Pyle, Earle and Greene / 2008 Pomacentridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number BPBM 40855 Size 64.1 mm SL
Collector; Vessel Pyle, Richard L; Greene, B. D.  Field Number RLP 26-IV-2007 Date Collected 26 April 2007 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Palau State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Ngemelis Is. Island
Depth Width Salinity m Gear quinaldine and hand net
Locality Palau (Belau) Islands; off Ngemlis Island; below and slightlyto the N of Blue Holes cave system
Latitude-Longitude 7°8'16.49"N, 134°13'18.5"E Bottom Type sand and rubble with scattered rock outcroppings
Acc. Number 2008-X:15 Specimen Remarks Publ.: Zootaxa 1671: 3-31 (2008), p.6; (#6 of 9 original specimens in BPBM 40855)
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