FMNH 118468

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
  • 118468_Caranx_melampygus_lat_T154_1_FZ
    Creator: Dr. Mark W. Westneat : University of Chicago - Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: PAL08-11 lateral 1
  • 118468_Caranx_melampygus_lat_T154_2_FZ
    Creator: Dr. Mark W. Westneat : University of Chicago - Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: PAL08-11 lateral 2
  • 118468_Caranx_melampygus_lat_T154_3_FZ
    Creator: Dr. Mark W. Westneat : University of Chicago - Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: PAL08-11 lateral 3
FM Catalog: Fishes
Catalog Subset: Catalogued
Scientific Name: Caranx melampygus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Caranx
Species: melampygus
Field #: PAL08-11
Collector: Palau fish team
Geography: Pacific, Oceania, Palau, Sonsorol, Palau Islands, Merir: west coast of Merir Island, about two thirds of way south down length of island. [LL]
DWc Country: Palau
Date Collected: 14 Sep 2008
Preparations: alc,tiss
Tissue Available?: Yes
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
Count: 1
EMu IRN: 704710
OccurenceID: 7e364c82-0ec1-4db8-8836-bbae25af3254
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