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Local aquarium fisherman in Tuticorin, Madras and India, February – March 1975

February – March 1975 · 32 days, 7 of them collecting · 3 islands

All 60 specimens
LFCollectorLocal aquarium fisherman · collected 1963–2009
Specimens
60
Stops
6
Names
55
Types
2
With images
0
Km between stops
—
Companions
1
Departments
1

The route

The labels of this journey name places but carry no coordinates, so there is no route to draw.

Each numbered point is a stop: a run of days spent within about ten kilometres. The route between stops is drawn straight; the real course went by sea, by road or on foot.

  1. 1 specimens, 1 name

    Lophiomus setigerus 1

    The specimens from 1 Feb →

  2. 16 specimens, 16 names

    Canthigaster solandri 1, Carangoides 1, Decapterus russelli 1

    The specimens from 21 Feb–22 Feb →

  3. 10 specimens, 9 names

    Polydactylus plebeius 2, Gerres filamentosus 1, Minous monodactylus 1

    The specimens from 23 Feb →

  4. 2 specimens, 2 names

    Platycephalus indicus 1, Pomadasys kaakan 1

    The specimens from 25 Feb →

  5. 30 specimens, 27 names

    Scolopsis 2, Parapercis maculata 2, Halichoeres zeylonicus 2

    The specimens from 1 Mar →

  6. 1 specimens, 1 name

    Carcharhinus 1

    The specimens from 4 Mar →

What came home

The names most often on the labels of this journey; the families: Nemipteridae 6, Carangidae 4, Serranidae 4, Labridae 4, Sillaginidae 3, Clupeidae 3.