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CAS-ICH 33111 Latimeria chalumnae   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Latimeriidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Moussa, Altoumani  Field Number AM 27-XI-73 Date Collected 27 Nov 1973 
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
Locality M'Bochili, near Iconi, ca. 400m offshore.
Latitude-Longitude -11.744016°, 43.227405°; uncertainty: 621 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksMbachile*.
Acc. Number 1975-III:13 Specimen Remarks CITES-I. Some scales in jar in main coll.
Collecting Event Remarks