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CAS-ICH 244981 Pungitius pungitius   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 4 Jun 2015 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 300/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Kreier, Freda  Field Number MAB15-8 Date Collected 4-6 June 2015 : 1400
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Alaska County Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Water Body unnamed lake Drainage Fish Creek Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 15 14" mesh Gee minnow traps
Locality unnamed lake near Hawks Lane, Big Lake
Latitude-Longitude 61.59057°N, 149.76018°W Bottom Type Muck.
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 1700 C. Caught only Pungitius pungitius. ~300 fixed in formalin and 40 preserved for Juha Merila. We set 10 traps here on 9 June 2019, and pulled them on 10 June to get ~300 Pungitius pungitius fixed in formalin and 31 in ethanol slit to expose Schistocephalus pungitii.