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Rhett M. McNair across 15 islands of French Polynesia, December 1970 – May 1971

December 1970 – May 1971 · 153 days, 27 of them collecting · 15 islands

All 421 specimens
RMCollectorRhett M. McNair · collected 1968–1974
Specimens
421
Stops
26
Names
268
Types
48
With images
0
Km between stops
4,423
Companions
7
Departments
1

The route

11 December 1970

Day 1 of 153 · under way

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. Hollow-looking stops are placed at the centre of an island whose labels carry no coordinates.

  1. 1 specimens, 1 name

    Synodus binotatus 1

    The specimens from 11 Dec →

  2. 7 specimens, 7 names

    Enchelyurus ater 1, Epinephelus merra 1, Eviota albolineata 1

    The specimens from 13 Dec →

  3. 26 specimens, 24 names

    Sebastapistes tinkhami 2, Eviota disrupta 2, Canthigaster janthinoptera 1

    The specimens from 15 Dec →

  4. 9 specimens, 9 names

    Apogon campbelli 1, Centropyge heraldi 1, Centropyge loriculus 1

    The specimens from 16 Dec →

  5. 1 specimens, 1 name · placed by island

    Thunnus albacares 1

    The specimens from 5 Jan →

  6. 1 specimens, 1 name · placed by island

    Carcharhinus galapagensis 1

    The specimens from 6 Jan →

  7. 1 specimens, 1 name · placed by island

    Diodon 1

    The specimens from 9 Jan →

  8. 1 specimens, 1 name

    Carcharhinus galapagensis 1

    The specimens from 13 Jan →

  9. 7 specimens, 7 names

    Centropyge hotumatua 1, Chromis 1, Cirripectes variolosus 1

    The specimens from 15 Jan →

  10. 2 specimens, 2 names · placed by island

    Sargocentron megalops 1, Serranidae 1

    The specimens from 18 Jan →

  11. 2 specimens, 2 names

    Carcharhinus galapagensis 1, Conger cinereus 1

    The specimens from 26 Jan →

  12. 1 specimens, 1 name

    Galeocerdo cuvier 1

    The specimens from 6 Feb →

  13. 1 specimens, 1 name

    Carcharhinus galapagensis 1

    The specimens from 11 Feb →

  14. 1 specimens, 1 name

    Ostorhinchus brevispinis 1

    The specimens from 22 Feb →

  15. 1 specimens, 1 name

    Chromis bami 1

    The specimens from 26 Feb →

  16. 33 specimens, 31 names · placed by island

    Iracundus 2, Hypomacrus 2, Cercamia cladara 1

    The specimens from 28 Feb →

  17. 32 specimens, 32 names

    Callogobius sclateri 1, Canthigaster epilampra 1, Centropyge 1

    The specimens from 19 Mar →

  18. 33 specimens, 31 names · placed by island

    Kaupichthys 2, Hoplolatilus cuniculus 2, Balistapus undulatus 1

    The specimens from 31 Mar →

  19. 2 specimens, 2 names · placed by island

    Apogon deetsie 1, Plectranthias 1

    The specimens from 9 Apr →

  20. 3 specimens, 3 names · placed by island

    Centropyge nigriocella 1, Cirrhilabrus scottorum 1, Plectroglyphidodon dickii 1

    The specimens from 10 Apr →

  21. 26 specimens, 26 names

    Anarchias seychellensis 1, Canthigaster valentini 1, Centropyge 1

    The specimens from 13 Apr →

  22. 2 specimens, 2 names

    Carcharhinus longimanus 1, Remora remora 1

    The specimens from 18 Apr →

  23. 71 specimens, 67 names

    Priolepis squamogena 2, Scorpaenodes kelloggi 2, Centropyge 2

    The specimens from 19 Apr →

  24. 70 specimens, 66 names

    Chromis flavapicis 2, Bothus 2, Callechelys randalli 2

    The specimens from 21 Apr →

  25. 60 specimens, 56 names

    Ptereleotris 2, Stethojulis marquesensis 2, Aspidontus taeniatus 2

    The specimens from 6 May–7 May →

  26. 27 specimens, 23 names · placed by island

    Plagiotremus tapeinosoma 3, Sardinella marquesensis 2, Cirripectes quagga 2

    The specimens from 12 May →

What came home

The names most often on the labels of this journey; the families: Labridae 41, Pomacentridae 36, Gobiidae 36, Scorpaenidae 35, Muraenidae 33, Serranidae 27.