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CAS-ICH 6156 Cypselurus callopterus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Exocoetidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Seale, Alvin  Field Number AS 5-I-32 Date Collected 5 Jan 1932 - 13 Jan 1932 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / SE Pacific Country Ecuador State Galapagos County
Water Body Tagus Cove Drainage Island Group Canton Isabela Island Isabela I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Albemarle (Isabela) I., Tagus Cove.
Latitude-Longitude -0.263530°, -91.373349°; uncertainty: 4988 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Either CAS 6156 or CAS 6157 was given to N.V. Parin, 21 Dec 1958, instead of CAS 2330 (which was noted in the catalog register as having been given away). Decision made to catalog remaining untagged specimen as CAS 6156 and assume gift specimen to have be
Collecting Event Remarks HANCOCK EXPEDITION 1931-32