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UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Record B.C. 63-11

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Masses of minute fish (about 1/4" in length) swarmed beneath spotlight. Among them were a few small mullet (2-3"), larval fishes and a few others. Feeding upon these were many moonfish and some other kind of carangid which we could not catch; 22 Feb: Cutlass fish and 2(?) sciaenids caught on bottom at anchorage about 6 pm

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Title
UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Record B.C. 63-11
Date Created
1963-02-20
Description
Masses of minute fish (about 1/4" in length) swarmed beneath spotlight. Among them were a few small mullet (2-3"), larval fishes and a few others. Feeding upon these were many moonfish and some other kind of carangid which we could not catch; 22 Feb: Cutlass fish and 2(?) sciaenids caught on bottom at anchorage about 6 pm
Subject
Mullets; moonfish; Carangid [Carangidae]; Cutlass fish; Sciaenids [sciaenidae]
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Notes
Province/State:Guerrero
Locality:Petacalco Bay
Country:Mexico
Catalogue number:B.C. 63-11
Collector number:#5
Watershed:
Map:A-28-4
Water:
Vegetation:
Bottom:
Cover:
Temperature:
Shore:
Current:
Distance offshore:1/4 mile
Stream width:
Depth of capture:surface
Depth of water:7-10 fathoms
Collected by:M. A. Newman; Grenold Collins; - M.V. Marijean
Tide:
Date:23062
Method of capture:Dipnet under bright light
Original preserved:Formalin
Time:9-11 pm
Identifier
bc63_011
Collection
UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Records
Source
Original Format: Beaty Biodiversity Museum. UBC Institute of Fisheries Field Records. B.C. 63-11
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
10.14288/1.0211136
Latitude
17 57
Longitude
102 05
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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>