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CAS-SU(ICH) 32126 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number Z132126 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean Indian Ocean Country       State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Christmas Island
Latitude-Longitude -10.478054°, 105.626557°; uncertainty: 11511 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Christmas Island.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks catalogue, 'name changed 03-23-72' and 'From Raffles Museum'
Collecting Event Remarks

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-SU(ICH) 37293 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  / 23 Mar 1972 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Fisher, Walter K.  Field Number WKF 18-V-18 Date Collected 18 May 1918 
Continent/Ocean Atlantic Ocean / NW Atlantic Country Barbados State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Pelican I.
Latitude-Longitude 13.100000°, -59.633333°; uncertainty: 301 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPelican Island - locality from GeoNames. Wikipedia - island no longer exists.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 235993 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Gaither, Michelle R. / 26 Feb 2013 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; tissue Other/Previous Number Chagos_103 Size      
Collector; Vessel Gaither, Michelle R.; Wagner, Daniel; M/V Pacific Marlin Field Number 02262013_DIVE1 Date Collected 02/26/2013 
Continent/Ocean Indian Ocean Country British Indian Ocean Territory State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Chagos Arch. Island Salomon Is.
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Chagos Archipelago, Salomon Atoll
Latitude-Longitude -5.3390833300, 72.2139000000 Bottom Type
Acc. Number 2013-VII:30 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 236001 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Gaither, Michelle R. / 25 Feb 2013 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; tissue Other/Previous Number Chagos_052 Size      
Collector; Vessel Gaither, Michelle R.; Wagner, Daniel; M/V Pacific Marlin Field Number 02252013_DIVE1 Date Collected 2/25/2013 
Continent/Ocean Indian Ocean Country British Indian Ocean Territory State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Chagos Arch. Island Salomon Is.
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Chagos Archipelago, Salomon Atoll
Latitude-Longitude -5.3402333300, 72.2134000000 Bottom Type
Acc. Number 2013-VII:30 Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 205764 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative tissue-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number JM-240 Size      
Collector; Vessel McCosker, John E.  Field Number JEM XII-98B Date Collected Dec 1998 - Dec 1998 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Costa Rica State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Coco I.
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Coco I.
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1999-I:5B Specimen Remarks Tissue sample only, spec. discarded.
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-SU(ICH) 24332 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  / 23 Mar 1972 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Herre, Albert W.  Field Number AWH 02-I-29 Date Collected 2 Jan 1929 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country Costa Rica State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality I. del Cocos.
Latitude-Longitude 5.541884°, -87.065621°; uncertainty: 4896 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksPolygon covers Cocos Island. Coordinates placed at center of polygon.
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks

CAS-ICH 207321 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Rofen (Harry), Robert R.; et al  Field Number GVF 0087 Date Collected 25 Jul 1952 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / South Pacific Country French Polynesia State Iles Tuamotu-Gambier County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Tuamotu Archipelago Island Raroia Atoll
Depth Width Salinity Gear hook & line
Locality Ngarue Pass, west side of Raroia.
Latitude-Longitude 16°1'S, 142°26'W Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks Station GV52-33

CAS-SU(ICH) 4875 Melichthys niger   [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 Roberts, J. S.  Field Number Z104875 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean North America / West Indies Country Jamaica State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear
Locality Jamaica
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks name changed 23-MAR-1972 (formerly M. buniva)
Collecting Event Remarks

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 207323 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Ruark, W. C. / 1980 Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel   Field Number GVF 1010 Date Collected 3 Nov 1956 : 2000-2200
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Sorol Atoll
Depth Width Salinity Gear hook & line
Locality Reef 3 naut. miles southeast of atoll.
Latitude-Longitude 8°4'0"N, 140°27'0"E Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 1010 (sta. 213) for more data.

CAS-ICH 207322 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Dimoet, Deurumol, Kindaro, Harry  Field Number GVF 0327 Date Collected 8 Jul 1954 : 1200-1600
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / Indo-West Pacific Country Micronesia State Pohnpei State County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island Kapingamarangi Atoll
Depth Width Salinity Gear spears, hook & line
Locality Teawataman and Teawaitua passes of ship pass, s. side of atoll; app. 1 mi. off rock/gravel shore; low to high tide.
Latitude-Longitude 1°2'1"N, 154°45'8"E Bottom Type sand & coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 327 (sta. 24) for more data.

CAS-ICH 207324 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Yenglit  Field Number GVF 0199 Date Collected 17 Oct 1953 : 900-1100
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 hook & line
Locality Off Ella Islet near Ship's Pass; app. 500' offshore; low tide; water clear, 0.5 fms. deep; encrusting algae.
Latitude-Longitude 7°14'43"N, 144°26'42"E Bottom Type
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 199 (sta. 78) for more data.

CAS-ICH 207325 Melichthys niger   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Balistidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-55% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Pakal, Tachim, Tewash  Field Number GVF 0174 Date Collected 6 Oct 1953 : 730-1200
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 outer reef of Falalap Islet, n. side; app. 400 ft. offshore; high to low tide; water clear; encrusting algae.
Latitude-Longitude 7°14'34"N, 144°26'40"E Bottom Type coral
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks see GVF 174 (sta. 53) for more data.
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