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Mazatlan, A. number of dredge hauls were made alongshore in 6-10 fathoms off 
Punta Gorda, Of most interest among the Crustacea brought up were several • 
specimens of Pliosoma oarvifrons , a crab that has seldom been seen since it 
was originally described in 1S60 by William Stimpson, This crab is somewhat 
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distantly related to the so-called hors^crab of much colder regions. Prom the 
fine sand bottom we also got a lot of sea-pansies, Renilla. 
We xe ' t the Gape shortly after 2 * p*m, 'for 
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Anchored of fjBrai thwai te Bajr^at 8:30 a.m. The fishing her a was of the 
best. There were plenty of leopard groupers, also several jacks, both brown 
and big-cyed, and spotted cabrillas. The President’s piscatorial skill was re- 
t one <*f 5evfir*fe\'TjtV 
warded with a 3S lb, blue crevally, Caranx stellatus. a ■*««»*» proved to be the 
record specimen for that species, heretofore tgR§> rather indefinitely re- 
corded as weighing more tli&n 20 lbs. 
Members of the crew who assisted in the shore collecting and dredging 
at Socorro caught a mullet, Mugi 1 setosus , which had not before been represented 
in the Museum collections. Among the crustaceans secured were three shrimp 
found living in passages, or burrows, which they constructed in the muddy sand 
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under boulders alongshore, Th# s ■*-» species. well known from the 
Ploridian West Indian region, but yet not recorded in litdhature from Pacific 
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waters, although I^saw a Pacific specimen of / 0 al 1 i ani dea laevh 
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^ cauday from the Tres Marias Islands over a decade ago# 
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A crude, ’-rntjch weatherbeaten cross was discovered atop a large mound 
ske»rt 
of earth a tuitt distanced 
from the landing place. The lettering, in 
Spanish, was all but illegible, "To the memory of the sailors ... March 8, 
1924." 
Left Socorro at 12:^0 p.ra. JL$loi*d cxL>oJf 
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