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SU 25251 Hesperomyrus fryi Myers [G. S.] & Storey [M. H.], 1939 Holotype  [Collection database record]
fryi, Hesperomyrus Myers [G. S.] & Storey [M. H.] 1939:157 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 3132] Near breakwater, San Pedro, southern California, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 25251. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:49 [ref. 12291]. •Status uncertain, in Myrophis -- (McCosker 1977:60 [ref. 6836]). •Synonym of Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert 1883 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:100 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Myrophis vafer Jordan & Gilbert 1883. Ophichthidae: Myrophinae. Habitat: marine.
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