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UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Record B.C. 63-20a

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Went to the public market at 7:30 am. Very few species there. Many were salted. Only fresh ones were corbina, snappers, coney, barracuda, sierra[?], etc.; Were told the fishermen came in at 11 am on outer beach. Bought a few haemulids. Most of their catch consisted of corbina, barracuda, sierra and haemulids. They also had triggerfish.; Later we visited a shrimp trawler as its fish catch was being sorted. Picked up a spotted moray, a worm eel, several small scorpaenids, a serranid, two rays, a lizard fish, etc. Boat came from La Paz.; One boat was unloading many rose coneys.

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UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Record B.C. 63-20a
Date Created
1963-02-28
Description
Went to the public market at 7:30 am. Very few species there. Many were salted. Only fresh ones were corbina, snappers, coney, barracuda, sierra[?], etc.; Were told the fishermen came in at 11 am on outer beach. Bought a few haemulids. Most of their catch consisted of corbina, barracuda, sierra and haemulids. They also had triggerfish.; Later we visited a shrimp trawler as its fish catch was being sorted. Picked up a spotted moray, a worm eel, several small scorpaenids, a serranid, two rays, a lizard fish, etc. Boat came from La Paz.; One boat was unloading many rose coneys.
Subject
Corbina; snappers; coney; barracuda; sierra; haemulids [Haemulidae]; triggerfish; Moray; worm eels; scorpaenids [Scorpaenidae]; serranid [Serranidae]; lizard fish
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Notes
Province/State:Sinaloa
Locality:Mazatlan
Country:Mexico
Catalogue number:B.C. 63-20a
Collector number:#14
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Map:A-28-4
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Collected by:M.A. Newman - M.V. Marijean
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Date:23070
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Identifier
bc63_020a
Collection
UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Records
Source
Original Format: Beaty Biodiversity Museum. UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Records. B.C. 63-20a
Date Available
2014-05-08
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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>
DOI
10.14288/1.0211019
Latitude
23 13
Longitude
106 25
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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>