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CAS-ICH 214468 Notropis stramineus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Scheurer & Bestgen / 2001 Leuciscidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 3/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number CAS 72788,IU 08264 Size      
Collector; Vessel Jordan, David S.; Evermann, Barton W.; Fesler, Bert; et al  Field Number J&E 23-VIII-89 Date Collected 23 Aug 1889 
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Colorado County Denver County
Water Body South Platte R. Drainage Mississippi R. Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear seine
Locality At bridge just below mouth of Bear Creek, 6 miles above Denver; river 1-6 rods wide & 2-4 ft. deep.
Latitude-Longitude 39.642307°, -105.015170°; uncertainty: 90 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type gravel & sand
Georef. RemarksFirst bridge below Bear Creek is at Fort Logan (1888 map) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/colorado/pclmaps-topo-co-denver-1888.jpg
Acc. Number Specimen Remarks
Collecting Event Remarks water gray/brown, nearly clear, temp. ca. 72 deg.