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Ichthyology5

Island

Kapingamarangi Atoll3
Yap1
Nukuoro Atoll1

Family

Coryphaenidae2
Nomeidae1
Exocoetidae1
Myctophidae1

Country

Micronesia5

When collected

1940s1950s

5 specimens

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Prognichthys

BPBM 25426 · 1948

Yap, Micronesia

Psenes cyanophrys

BPBM 25622 · 1951

Kapingamarangi Atoll, Micronesia

Coryphaena

BPBM 25627 · Tenyo No. 3, 1951

Kapingamarangi Atoll, Micronesia

Coryphaena

BPBM 25628 · 1951

Nukuoro Atoll, Micronesia

Myctophidae

BPBM 25688 · 1951

Kapingamarangi Atoll, Micronesia

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