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CAS-ICH 244972 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 3 Jun 2015 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 530/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.  Field Number MAB15-3 Date Collected 1-3 June 2015 : 1645
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Alaska County Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Water Body Rabbit Slough Drainage Palmer Slough Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 9 1/4" mesh Gee minnow traps
Locality Rabbit Slough at culvert under Parks Highway.
Latitude-Longitude 61.53583°N, 149.25292°W Bottom Type Aquatic grass, algae, fine silt.
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 22.5 C. Trapped for two days and took about 100 anadromous Gasterosteus aculeatus and 335 the second day. Also caught and released one Salvelinus malma and 25 Oncorhynchus sp. Caught ~335 Dalia pectoralis and killed them at the site.