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CAS-ICH 91188 Scatophagus argus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Scatophagidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Thai fishermen  Field Number GVF 2270 Date Collected 29 Jun 1960 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Thailand State Chumphon County
Water Body Gulf of Thailand Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear deep wire traps
Locality Vic. Goh Tao, ca. 10 miles offshore in water ca. 18m deep; from Bangkok Fish Market.
Latitude-Longitude 10.088571°, 99.823072°; uncertainty: 19312 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type sandy loam
Georef. RemarksAssuming locality is '10 miles offshore' of Ko Tao and that specimen(s) was purchased in Bangkok. Locality does not give direction of measured distance, so treated as 'distance only' and uncertainty determined using MaNIS.net georeferencing calculator.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks See GVF 2270 (sta. 60-253) for more data.