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CAS-ICH 244897 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 12 Jun 2011 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 250/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Xie, Kathleen T.; Rollins, Jennifer L.; Mollenhauer, Robert M.  Field Number MAB11-36 Date Collected 9-11 June 2011 : 100
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Alaska County Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Water Body Stormy Lake Drainage coastal Cook Inlet Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 29 Gee minnow traps
Locality Stormy Lake
Latitude-Longitude 60.80235°N, 149.03057°W Bottom Type Mostly gravel with sparse Equisetum and reeds.
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. Twenty-five Gasterosteus aculeatus preseveve in ethanol for DNA, 35 for parasites and DNA, and 200 in formalin for Windsor E. Aguirre. Reset traps on 10 June 2011, caught 135 sexually mature Gasterosteus aculeatus for James Willacker, and fixed about 50 in formalin.