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CAS-ICH 25833 Gymnothorax mordax   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Muraenidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/1/0 Prep Type - Preservative skeletal-DRY Other/Previous Number Size 38.75" TL, 3.75 lbs.
Collector; Vessel Follett, Wilbur I.  Field Number F36-9 Date Collected 23 Feb 1936 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country United States State California County Los Angeles Co.
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear heavy hand-line; 6/0 snelled hook; no sinker
Locality Santa Catalina I., boardwalk southeast of Avalon.
Latitude-Longitude 33.344361°, -118.323695°; uncertainty: 303 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1951-X:26 Specimen Remarks Skeleton (incomplete).
Collecting Event Remarks