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CAS-SU(ICH) 5098 Ictalurus melas   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Ictaluridae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Kirsch, P. H.; party  Field Number Z105098 Date Collected 22 Jul 1893 
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Michigan County Lenawee County
Water Body Drainage MAUMEE RIVER Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Tiffin River at Hudson; water rather clear & cool;many long riffles & a few deep holes
Latitude-Longitude 41.853849°, -84.350800°; uncertainty: 1630 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type clean bed of mostly coarse gravel
Georef. RemarksMarker placed in Bean Creek, Lenawee County,MI. From Wikipedia entry on Tiffin River:"Early French traders called the river Crique Feve,translated as Bean Creek,due to the natural growth of bean plants along the shores. The stream officially was renamed the Tiffin River in 1822 after Edward Tiffin, the first governor of Ohio. The 56.3-mile-long (90.6 km) upper section of the river north of the Ohio Turnpike is still referred to as Bean Creek." & "Bean Creek...flows from Devils Lake in the Irish Hills",MI
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks subgenus Ameiurus
Collecting Event Remarks