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CAS-SU(ICH) 5523 Catostomus commersonii   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Catostomidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 2/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Cox, U. O.; Rutter, C.  Field Number Z105523 Date Collected 16 Jun 1893 
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State South Dakota County Davison County
Water Body Drainage MISSISSIPPI Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Firesteel Creek near Mitchell, a tributary emptyinginto James (=Dakota) River 2 mi. below mouth of Rock *
Latitude-Longitude 43.714217°, -97.985906°; uncertainty: 2577 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type mud
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks Missouri River Basin; creek temperature 79 degrees
Collecting Event Remarks Creek; creek 30' wide/4' deep; current 1/2 ft./sec.