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CAS-ICH 33248 Mimoblennius cas   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  Blenniidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 9/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel McCosker, John E.; et al  Field Number JEM 75-4 Date Collected 9 Feb 1975 : 915-1145
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 1 pint Pronoxfish
Locality lava-flow tidal flats ca. 1 km. N. of Hotel Coelacanthe; taken on low incoming tide.
Latitude-Longitude -11.696886°, 43.248641°; uncertainty: 2323 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type unvegetated lava rock
Georef. RemarksUnable to locate Hotel Coelacanthe but it is somewhere in Moroni.
Acc. Number 1975-III:13 Specimen Remarks Originally 10 specimens, 1 removed to CAS 33606. Gift to British Mus.
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