POISON 
Area: 50 x 100 yards field data RECORD _ 
Poison: 20 lb p^Cu be Division of Fishes 
Index: ^,//o U. S. National Museum 
Personell: SSH plus 4 EM ' ,,! 
Acc. No. _ Tag N o .Sr 46 rl253-.^ 25 4- 25 St a. a/o.2_56-257.t2 5 8 
State or Country: ---Bikini -AIol-1 
County: - 
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City: _ 
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B'frnc 
Locality: .-Center-of-outer- neefat -center--of A xsland— 
(4 ire ct ly- ^u-t - f rom- s eabe e - -f ence ) -^-*- 
Drainage: _--- Date: - l6 _ July _ 1946 - 
Water: _ K ot - to o _ flul ear 4 : cont alning .much. sus.pen left -Mat, 
vegetation: --Oeeasional- - deeper areas-ie-4-6-feet-at- 
-low tide;- most of -reef--is roelir ne: ---1-000^-1300-- 
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Bottom: . _ G ©llec ti on - was - made - 4 way - between store - and 
Shore: -the-Mithothamnion-ridga-Cu/fe/?/: _2mpli_ 
Distance from shore: _ Tide: _-_ 
Depth of capture: _lr_6„£G©£_ Depth of water: _S8ra.6__ 
Method of capture: _.Poison _ancL_d±piiLe£_S_1_ 
Collected by: -3SSHer-a~ld--and-4-EM- 
Preservative: _I’QrffLall.II_ Temp: _ Air: _ 
List of species or kinds, with tag numbers if drawn or discussed: _ 
Tin Tag #254 970 ram male Fistularia , 
255 950 mm female n 
256 660 mm female Belonid 
257 690 mm female " 
258 650 mm female " 
FCCD IIA3ITS1 ~ 
1 o. ^k), : cont i 1 goatfisji;, 110 mm $nd another 
fish 90 mm disintegrated'beyond recognition 
No eggs visible or ovary, so considered 
to be a male, Fistularia 
No. 255: Backbone and tail of a fish in the gut- 
meat on fish entirely lacking-measured 
80 mm to cauala peduncle; fin rays of 
ttail30 mm in length; this female contained 
lotza eggs. The eggs were about 1 mm in 
diameter and were contained in an ovary 
23 x 15 x 330 mm (TL of fish 950 ram) 
Fistularia 
No. 256: Tn the’ gut" was a 105 mm Parapercid of the 
common suecies collected at most reef 
stations; this is interesting in that this 
fish is rarely observed-more than a few 
inches above the bottom, and the needlefish 
is nomnally a surface inhabitant. This 660 
mm female had eggs in the ovary which were 
2-2f mm in diameter. 
