FIELD DATA RECORD 
Division of Fishes 
U. S. National Museum 
SPEAR 
Acc. No. _ Tag No. . -S~46-t246. — Sfa. No. -,- 
State or Country: .Blkllll - At QII 4 _ C Oral- reef in _ la£. 0011 ,- 
County: .mile-directly--soutk -of^/ Amen Island- 
Locality: This. -was -an - is olat ed - c oral .area. -Surr.Qunde.d_ by 
.m uch de.eper__water___ 
Drainage: _ _ Date: _ _ 10- July -194-6 _ 
Water: . .Very - clear, -for. at. -1 east- 7 fat hams- 
Vegetation: _ _Larg e. -Coral- a lumps.. - separated _ .by. _ sandy, .are a i 
_ :.i _ Time: --1130^1500- 
Bottom: __ 
Shore: _ Current: ---1- Hfipli- 
Distance from shore: _ Tide: - 
Depth of capture: __ Depth of water: _ Sain.©_ 
Method of capture: _-Breaking-- 0 £ _iioral_fjQr_ sm > ting_ln__ , boat 
Collected by: JCOhlOP _ 
Preservative: F OHQBJL ill _ 1Q^»- _ Temp: _ Air: _ 
List of species or kinds, with fag numbers if drawn or discussed: _ 
1 Pseudochromid 
3 Dascyllus sp. (two stripe) 
50 Dascyllus aruanus (three stripe) 
18 Gobiodon 
4 Gobies (very black, 10 mm) 
6 Gerrids (blue, 10 mm) 
1 Caracanthus 
SPEARE^ 
1 Ctenochaetus strigosus (150 mm?t 
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1 Large Tridacna (3 feet across shell) brought 
up and cleaned; it contained a commensal crab with 
eggs which was preserved (Correction: not a crab but 
a shrimp)• 
ESH observed and followed an unidentified pipe¬ 
fish for about 10 minutes; it appeared to be a sand 
inhabiting form, andits movements were strongly 
suggestive of an eel. It was characterized in mor¬ 
phology by gray body color and fine black reticulatio 
ns-and it was a very long-snouted species, the 
snout being nearly as long proportionally as that 
of Syngnathus louisianae. 
Diving Equipment: Lambertson and Browne Units to¬ 
gether with shallow water line unit 
