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CAS-ICH 32544 Gymnothorax buroensis   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  McCosker, J. E. / 8 Apr 1975 Muraenidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel McCosker, John E.; Powell, D.  Field Number JEM 75-28 Date Collected 27 Feb 1975 : 1700-1730
Continent/Ocean Indian Ocean Country Comoros State Grande Comore County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Comoro Is. Island Grande Comore I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear quinaldine & handnet
Locality Hotel Coelocanthe reef face; in living Pocillopora head(s).
Latitude-Longitude -11.696886°, 43.248641°; uncertainty: 2323 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksUnable to locate Hotel Coelacanthe but it is somewhere in Moroni.
Acc. Number 1975-III:13 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks