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CAS-ICH 57240 Ophichthus exourus   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  McCosker, J. E. / 1999 Ophichthidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 669mm
Collector; Vessel Seeto, J.  Field Number JS 28-VIII-80 Date Collected 28 Aug 1980 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / South Pacific Country Fiji State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear prawn trap
Locality Suva Barrier Reef.
Latitude-Longitude -18.166425°, 178.430157°; uncertainty: 5066 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1985-VII:12 Specimen Remarks Publ.: Mem. MNHN, No.180: 575, figs.1,2a; mistakenly cited as CAS 89552 in orig. descr.; 2nd known specimen, one more at Univ. S. Pacific, Fiji.
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