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CAS-SU(ICH) 5161 Fundulus heteroclitus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Fundulidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Smith  Field Number Z105161 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Michigan County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity B Gear
Locality ST. GEORGE'S ISLAND IN BRACKISH WATER
Latitude-Longitude 46.417168°, -84.207526°; uncertainty: 13911 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Georef. RemarksSUGAR ISLAND previously called "St. George's Island", as a British possession (see Romig, W., (1986) "Michigan Place Names", Great Lakes Books, Wayne State University Press, p. 543). Further, "[the island] was given a post office as Sugar Island on Jan. 13, 1857, with Michael G. Payment as its first postmaster...".
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks with SU 5331
Collecting Event Remarks