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CAS-ICH 244953 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 7 Jun 2014 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 400/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Bell, Sam R.; Reyes, Manuel; Gialtouridis, A.  Field Number MAB14-9 Date Collected 7-8 June 2014 : 1430
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Alaska County Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Water Body Corcoran Lake Drainage Fish Creek Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 15 Gee minnow traps
Locality Corcoran Lake
Latitude-Longitude 61.57285°N, 149.69135°W Bottom Type Cobbles with silt.
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 20.4 C. In addition to 400 Gasterosteus aculeatus in formalin for me, we fixed another 400 for John A. Baker and took 40 males and 40 females for Manuel Reyes' crosses. Reset on 10 June 2014 and caught numerous Gasterosteus aculeatus, of which we kept 26 males and 34 females for crosses. On later set also caught ~10 Catostomus catostomus and 5 Oncorhynchus sp.