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CAS-ICH 99742 Ceratoscopelus townsendi   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Myctophidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 15/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number NYZS 23214,NYZS 23227,NYZS 23235,NYZS 23247 Size      
Collector; Vessel Beebe, William; Tee-Van, John; et al; Gladisfen Field Number NYZS 1276-1280 Date Collected 9 Sep 1931 : 926-1400
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / NW Atlantic Country Bermuda State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear 1 metre nets
Locality 8 mi. cylinder centered about coordinates; direction of haul: E to NE; weather overcast; wind NW force 2; sea swell
Latitude-Longitude 32°12'N, 64°36'W Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks CAS 99739-74 in same jar.
Collecting Event Remarks N.Y. Zool. Soc. Bermuda Oceanographic Exped.; collection date listed as 9 Aug 1931 in Zoologica, v.13(3):44, but vials and common sense say date is 9 Sep 1931. Combination of nets 1276 (914m), 1277 (1097m), 1278 (1280m), 1279 (1463m) & 1280 (1646m).