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CAS-ICH 89802 Caranx melampygus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  BERRY & SMITH / Jul 1969 Carangidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Randall, John E.  Field Number GVF 1125 Date Collected 27 May 1956 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / South Pacific Country French Polynesia State Iles du Vent County
Water Body Papetoai Bay Drainage Island Group Island Moorea
Depth Width Salinity Gear moi-throw nets and hook & line
Locality Head of Papetoai Bay.
Latitude-Longitude -17.490668°, -149.866538°; uncertainty: 1160 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Station=49; mismarked as sta. 44; Randall-Tahiti Exped.