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CAS-ICH 6285 Gymnothorax castaneus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Muraenidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Seale, Alvin  Field Number HPE 14-II-32 Date Collected 14 Feb 1932 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Nayarit County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Isabel I.
Latitude-Longitude 21.866331°, -105.895982°; uncertainty: 3250 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Isabel Islands in Nayarit.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks "Compare w/Kanella lampra from Honolulu. Also M. argus." In same jar with and indistinguishable from CAS 6286.
Collecting Event Remarks Hancock Pacific Exped.