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CAS-ICH 79 Melichthys piceus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 6.5 in.
Collector; Vessel Nutting, C. C.  Field Number CCN 17-V-1918 Date Collected 17 May 1918 
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / NW Atlantic Country Barbados State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality No specifics.
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Nutting Expedition. Received 15 Apr. 1919.

CAS-ICH 918 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Anderson, M. E. / 1984 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 365 mm
Collector; Vessel CAS Expedition  Field Number CAS 1-V-1925 Date Collected 1 May 1925 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Colima County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Revillagigedo Is. Island Clarión I.
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality I. Clarion.
Latitude-Longitude 18.346165°, -114.721094°; uncertainty: 4919 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks #882-2163 refer to CAS Exped. to Revillagigedo Is., 1925. See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 15(1):1-173, 30 March 1926. G. D. Hanna.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 919 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Anderson, M. E. / 1984 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 350 mm
Collector; Vessel CAS Expedition  Field Number CAS 1-V-1925 Date Collected 1 May 1925 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Colima County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Revillagigedo Is. Island Clarión I.
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality I. Clarion.
Latitude-Longitude 18.346165°, -114.721094°; uncertainty: 4919 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks #882-2163 refer to CAS Exped. to Revillagigedo Is., 1925. See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 15(1):1-173, 30 March 1926. G. D. Hanna.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 920 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Anderson, M. E. / 1984 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 350 mm
Collector; Vessel CAS Expedition  Field Number CAS 1-V-1925 Date Collected 1 May 1925 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Colima County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Revillagigedo Is. Island Clarión I.
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality I. Clarion.
Latitude-Longitude 18.346165°, -114.721094°; uncertainty: 4919 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks #882-2163 refer to CAS Exped. to Revillagigedo Is., 1925. See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 15(1):1-173, 30 March 1926. G. D. Hanna.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 921 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Anderson, M. E. / 1984 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 360 mm
Collector; Vessel CAS Expedition  Field Number CAS 1-V-1925 Date Collected 1 May 1925 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Colima County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Revillagigedo Is. Island Clarión I.
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality I. Clarion.
Latitude-Longitude 18.346165°, -114.721094°; uncertainty: 4919 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks #882-2163 refer to CAS Exped. to Revillagigedo Is., 1925. See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 15(1):1-173, 30 March 1926. G. D. Hanna.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 922 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Anderson, M. E. / 1984 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 356 mm
Collector; Vessel CAS Expedition  Field Number CAS 1-V-1925 Date Collected 1 May 1925 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Colima County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Revillagigedo Is. Island Clarión I.
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality I. Clarion.
Latitude-Longitude 18.346165°, -114.721094°; uncertainty: 4919 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks #882-2163 refer to CAS Exped. to Revillagigedo Is., 1925. See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 15(1):1-173, 30 March 1926. G. D. Hanna.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 923 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Anderson, M. E. / 1984 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size 385 mm
Collector; Vessel CAS Expedition  Field Number CAS 1-V-1925 Date Collected 1 May 1925 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Colima County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Revillagigedo Is. Island Clarión I.
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality I. Clarion.
Latitude-Longitude 18.346165°, -114.721094°; uncertainty: 4919 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks #882-2163 refer to CAS Exped. to Revillagigedo Is., 1925. See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 15(1):1-173, 30 March 1926. G. D. Hanna.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 1972 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Niger & Anderson / 1984 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number 5118 Size 370 mm
Collector; Vessel Hanna, G. Dallas; Jordan, Eric K.; et al; Ortolan Field Number CAS 2-V-1925 Date Collected 2 May 1925 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Colima County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Revillagigedo Is. Island Roca Partida I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Roca Partida I.
Latitude-Longitude 19.005509°, -112.069554° (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks #882-2163 refer to CAS Exped. to Revillagigedo Is., 1925. See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 15 (1):1-173, 30 March 1926. G.D. Hanna.
Collecting Event Remarks Calif. Academy of Sciences Exped. to Revillagigedos Is.

CAS-ICH 1973 Melichthys radula   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number 5117 Size 415 mm
Collector; Vessel Hanna, G. Dallas; Jordan, Eric K.; et al; Ortolan Field Number CAS 2-V-1925 Date Collected 2 May 1925 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Mexico State Colima County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Revillagigedo Is. Island Roca Partida I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Roca Partida I.
Latitude-Longitude 19.005509°, -112.069554° (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks #882-2163 refer to CAS Exped. to Revillagigedo Is., 1925. See Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 15 (1):1-173, 30 March 1926. G.D. Hanna.
Collecting Event Remarks Calif. Academy of Sciences Exped. to Revillagigedos Is.

CAS-ICH 6035 Melichthys radula   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number HE 3-II-1932 Date Collected 3 Feb 1932 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / SE Pacific Country       State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Cocos I., SW of Costa Rica
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Hancock Expedition, 1931-32

CAS-ICH 30097 Melichthys buniva   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Iwamoto, T. / 1973 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Iwamoto, T.; Weems, Wm.  Field Number TI-73-18 Date Collected 17 Oct 1973 : 1200-1500
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NW & Central Pacific Country United States State Hawaii County Hawaii County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Kona, Kealakekua Bau, off Kapuhi Point
Latitude-Longitude 19.470026°, -155.923994°; uncertainty: 277 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksKepuhi*
Acc. Number 1973-XII:26 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks KONA EXPEDITION.

CAS-ICH 30098 Melichthys vidua   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Iwamoto, T. / 1973 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Iwamoto, T.; Weems, Wm.  Field Number TI-73-18 Date Collected 17 Oct 1973 : 1200-1500
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NW & Central Pacific Country United States State Hawaii County Hawaii County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Kona, Kealakekua Bau, off Kapuhi Point
Latitude-Longitude 19.470026°, -155.923994°; uncertainty: 277 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksKepuhi*
Acc. Number 1973-XII:26 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks KONA EXPEDITION.

CAS-ICH 30132 Melichthys buniva   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Iwamoto, T. / 1973 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Baldwin, J.; Alpha Helix Field Number TI-73-29 Date Collected 28 Oct 1973 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NW & Central Pacific Country United States State Hawaii County Hawaii County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Hawaiian Is. Island Hawaii I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear hook & line
Locality Off Kona coast.
Latitude-Longitude 19°26'12"N, 156°9'24"W Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1973-XII:26 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Kona Exped.

CAS-ICH 31573 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  McCosker, J. E. / 20 Jul 1974 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel McCosker, John E.  Field Number JEM V-1974 Date Collected May 1974 - May 1974 
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / NW Atlantic Country Bahamas State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality New Providence.
Latitude-Longitude 24.994676°, -77.402123°; uncertainty: 16417 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers New Providence Island. Coordinates placed at approx. center of polygon.
Acc. Number 1974-V:13 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 35773 Melichthys vidua   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chan, W. L. / 26 Jan 1961 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Emalise; Egeshemal  Field Number GVF 0142 Date Collected 28 Sep 1953 : 1600-1700
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State Yap State County Ifalik Municipality
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Ifalik Atoll
Depth Width Salinity M Gear hook & line
Locality Off southeast tip of Falalap Islet; appr. 400 yds. offshore; water clear, tide high.
Latitude-Longitude 7°14'16"N, 144°27'23"E Bottom Type coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 142 (sta. 21) for more data.

CAS-ICH 35774 Melichthys vidua   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chan, W. L. / 26 Jan 1961 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 4/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel R.R. Harry, Bayer, Tachim, Pakal & Tewash  Field Number GVF 0150 Date Collected 30 Sep 1953 : 915-1230
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State Yap State County Ifalik Municipality
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Ifaluk Atoll
Depth Width Salinity Gear 10 lbs. rotenone, dipnets, floats
Locality Outer reef surge channel region of transect "E" between Elangalap & Ella Islets.
Latitude-Longitude 7°14'39"N, 144°25'56"E Bottom Type rock & coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Station=29. See GVF 0150 for more data.

CAS-ICH 35775 Melichthys vidua   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chan, W. L. / 26 Jan 1961 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Pakal; et al  Field Number GVF 0162 Date Collected 3 Oct 1953 : 1100-1415
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State Yap State County Ifalik Municipality
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Ifalik Atoll
Depth Width Salinity Gear rotenone, dipnets, scuba
Locality Bottom reef in center of lagoon off Paugob canoe house, Falarik Islet.
Latitude-Longitude 7°15'22"N, 144°26'38"E Bottom Type sand & coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Station = 41; see GVF 0162 for more data

CAS-ICH 35776 Melichthys vidua   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chan, W. L. / 26 Jan 1961 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Tachim, Pakal, Weshal  Field Number GVF 0178 Date Collected 7 Oct 1953 : 1000-1400
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State Yap State County Ifalik Municipality
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Ifalik Atoll
Depth Width Salinity M Gear spears
Locality Off outer reef of Elangalap Islet; 0.1 mi. offshore; water clear, 5 fms. deep; encrusting algae.
Latitude-Longitude 7°14'50"N, 144°25'50"E Bottom Type coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 178 (sta. 57) for more data.

CAS-ICH 35777 Melichthys vidua   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chan, W. L. / 26 Jan 1961 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Tachim; et al  Field Number GVF 0181 Date Collected 8 Oct 1953 : 800-1100
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State Yap State County Ifalik Municipality
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Ifalik Atoll
Depth Width Salinity Gear spears
Locality Sand bar in lagoon near Nimweo Channel, off Falarik Islet.
Latitude-Longitude 7°14'56"N, 144°26'59"E Bottom Type coral & sand
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks See GVF 181 (sta. 60) for more data.

CAS-ICH 35778 Melichthys vidua   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Chan, W. L. / 26 Jan 1961 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Pakal, Tachim, Tewash, Yani, Harry (Rofen)  Field Number GVF 0187 Date Collected 9 Oct 1953 : 1100-1400
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State Yap State County Ifalik Municipality
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Ifalik Atoll
Depth Width Salinity Gear spears
Locality In Ship's Pass between Falalap and Ella Islets; approx. 0.2-0.3 miles offshore; low tide; water clear, 12-25' deep.
Latitude-Longitude 7°14'32"N, 144°26'49"E Bottom Type coral, sand
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks See GVF 187 (sta. 66) for more data.
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