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CAS-ICH 33220 Atherion africanus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Atherionidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number JEM 75-4 Size      
Collector; Vessel McCosker, John E.; et al  Field Number JEM 75-4 Date Collected 9 Feb 1975 : 915-1145
Continent/Ocean Indian Ocean Country Comoros State Grande Comore County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Comoro Is. Island Grande Comore I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear 1 pint Pronoxfish
Locality lava-flow tidal flats ca. 1 km. N. of Hotel Coelacanthe; taken on low incoming tide.
Latitude-Longitude -11.696886°, 43.248641°; uncertainty: 2323 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type unvegetated lava rock
Georef. RemarksUnable to locate Hotel Coelacanthe but it is somewhere in Moroni.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Orig. 3 specimens, 2 taken out as gift (Loan to W. Ivantsoff, 79-1868).
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CAS-ICH 33383 Atherion africanus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Ivantsoff, W. / Oct 1979 Atherionidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel McCosker, J. E.; Mead, S.; Powell, D.; Breeden, J.  Field Number JEM 75-29 Date Collected 1 Mar 1975 : 1000-1200
Continent/Ocean Indian Ocean Country Comoros State Grande Comore County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Comoro Is. Island Grande Comore I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear pronoxfish
Locality N'Gouni Reef, ca. 1/2 km north of Iconi; in surge channel at far end of small cove; outgoing tide.
Latitude-Longitude -11.731040°, 43.228542°; uncertainty: 687 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type rock & coarse coral sand bottom
Acc. Number 1975-III:13 Specimen Remarks
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