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CAS-ICH 90790 Megaprotodon strigangulus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chaetodontidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bingham, Ellsworth, Josef, natives  Field Number GVF 1367 Date Collected 14 Aug 1957 : 1030-1230
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / South Pacific Country French Polynesia State Iles Sous-le-Vent County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Society Is. Island Bora Bora
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone & spear
Locality Teauanui Pass, north of Motu Tapu; inside edge of Muller Reef; 200 yds from sand shore; low tide; water mod. clear.
Latitude-Longitude 16°29'58"S, 151°46'47"W Bottom Type 20% sand, 80% coral (live & dead)
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks See GVF 1367 (sta. 35) for more data; French Oceania Exped.