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CAS-ICH 244711 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 5 Jun 2002 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative formalin-EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Shapiro, Michael D.  Field Number MAB02-3B Date Collected 4-5 June 2002 : 1500
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Alaska County Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Water Body Tommelson Lake Drainage Matanuska River Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 10 1/8" mesh Gee minnow traps
Locality Tommelson Lake
Latitude-Longitude 61.5569°N, 149.13168°W Bottom Type mud, muck
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 13 C. Many stickleback seen in shallows, mostly small. Traps pulled at 1500 hr 5 June. Three bottles and 1.5 traps full thrown back. Mostly G. aculeatus but one Dalia pectoralis and one Cottus sp (not C. asper).