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Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Balistidae
Species: Balistes vetula  
Cat No: NRM 35966. N=1
Determiner: Unknown
Length: 42 cm TL
Preparation: Skin
Continent/Ocean: Asia
Country: INDONESIA State/Province:
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean:
Locality: Java (some specimens may be from Atlantic Ocean: Ascension Island)
Field Number: KVA-COLLNER
Leg: Collnér, JE
Date: 1794-1800 ?

Object remarks: Label: 'Balistes vetula, Coll. vet." Catalogues of Quensel and Swartz in combination indicate the origin from the Collner collection /EIÅ, 2002.
Locality remarks: Probably collected 1794-1800. Collnér was working as a ship's doctor on ship(s) to 'East India'. The Academy paid Collnér for his outlay for material from Java, however Quensel (Catalog, 1800) mentiones material from Ascension also.

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