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CAS-ICH 67419 Plesiops gracilis   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  MOOI & RANDALL / 1991 Plesiopidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Harry (Rofen), R. R.; Fehlmann, H. A.; et al  Field Number GVF 0558 Date Collected 4 Aug 1955 : 1430-1630
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Palau State Koror State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Koror I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone (1 gal.), dipnets, hand
Locality North shore, reef bordering eel-grass flat e. of Ebadul's Pier (T-dock); ca. 1/4 mi. off sandy shore; water 2-10'
Latitude-Longitude 7°21'3"N, 134°29'18"E Bottom Type living & dead coral w/patches of silty sand
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks PUBL.: COPEIA, NO.2, P.374, PL.1A, FIGS.1-3;
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 558 (sta. 59) for more data.