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Description
The fish is Siphamia zaribae (described by Whitley, 1959), lives in close association with the sea urchin Diadema setosa. The sea urchin and the fish are exactly the same color. The body of the sea urchin is the size of a tennis ball but the spines are 3-6" long and quite thick in number. All fish were collected from between the spines of this particular sea urchin, the only place where they have been found, it seems
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UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Record B.C. 65-604
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| Date Created |
[unknown]
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| Description |
The fish is Siphamia zaribae (described by Whitley, 1959), lives in close association with the sea urchin Diadema setosa. The sea urchin and the fish are exactly the same color. The body of the sea urchin is the size of a tennis ball but the spines are 3-6" long and quite thick in number. All fish were collected from between the spines of this particular sea urchin, the only place where they have been found, it seems
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image/jpeg
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| Language |
English
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| Notes |
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Locality: Country:Australia Catalogue number:B.C. 65-604 Collector number:#11 Watershed: Map:D-1 Water: Vegetation: Bottom: Cover: Temperature: Shore: Current: Distance offshore: Stream width: Depth of capture: Depth of water: Collected by:Jack Gee Tide: Date:Unknown Method of capture: Original preserved: Time: |
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bc65_604
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| Source |
Original Format: Beaty Biodiversity Museum. UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Records. B.C. 65-604
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| Date Available |
2013-11-12
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Dr. Eric (Rick) Taylor <etaylor@zoology.ubc.ca>
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0205283
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| Latitude |
25 S
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| Longitude |
135 E
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Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Dr. Eric (Rick) Taylor <etaylor@zoology.ubc.ca>