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CAS-ICH 65653 Ostracion   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Ostraciidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Poss, S. G.; Catania, D.  Field Number SGP 87-42 Date Collected 29 May 1987 : 1153-1233
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Papua New Guinea State Madang Province County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone & scuba with dipnets
Locality 200-250m northeast of Wongat I., on outer face of barrier reef.
Latitude-Longitude -5.135597°, 145.817174°; uncertainty: 1494 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type coral and coral rubble
Georef. RemarksError covers area around Wongat Island.
Acc. Number 1987-XI:10 Specimen Remarks PHOTOGRAPHS: CATANIA, ROLLS 324 & 326.
Collecting Event Remarks