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CAS-ICH 99746 Ceratoscopelus townsendi   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Myctophidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number NYZS 23694,NYZS 23702 Size      
Collector; Vessel Beebe, William; Tee-Van, John; et al; Gladisfen Field Number NYZS 1326-1327 Date Collected 19 Sep 1931 : 1018-1500
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / NW Atlantic Country Bermuda State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear metre nets
Locality 8 mi. cylinder centered about coordinates; direction of haul: NExE; weather overcast; wind W force 3; sea rough.
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 19 Aug 1931 in Zoologica, v.13(3):44, but vials and common sense say date is 19 Sep 1931. Combination of nets 1326 (1097m) & 1327 (1280m).