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CAS-ICH 40459 Careproctus melanurus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Ruark, W. C. / 8 Dec 1977 Liparidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Enironmental Protection Agency  Field Number EPA 2-2 Date Collected 19 Oct 1977 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country United States State California County San Francisco Co.
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear trawl
Locality Farallone Is., EPA Nuclear Waste Disposal Sit.
Latitude-Longitude 37.708273°, -123.137858°; uncertainty: 19993 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPlaced marker at Farallon Islands with uncertainty radius large enough to highlight two known nuclear waste disposal sites. The other sites are unknown, but likely within the uncertainty radius.
Acc. Number 1977-XII:8 Specimen Remarks 1 of 4 spec. not found 6/29/89.
Collecting Event Remarks Cruise 2, trawl 2.