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CAS-ICH 97857 Ophichthus melope   [Catalog of Fishes] PARATYPE ID by/date  McCosker & Rosenblatt / 1998 Ophichthidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number UCR 2377.002 Size 264mm SL
Collector; Vessel Bussing, M. I.; Bussing, W. A.  Field Number B&B 13-II-94 Date Collected 13 Feb 1994 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Costa Rica State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear 3m dredge
Locality Center of mouth of Gulf of Nicoya, off Puntarenas.
Latitude-Longitude 9.892829°, -84.861108°; uncertainty: 55635 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Golfo de Nicoya. Coordinates placed at center of polygon.
Acc. Number 1997-XI:17 Specimen Remarks Publ.: Proc. CAS, v.50(19): 410, figs.7,8b.
Collecting Event Remarks