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CAS-ICH 245403 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 21 Jun 1999 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 185/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.  Field Number MAB99-1 Date Collected 17-21 June 1999 : 1500
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Alaska County Anchorage Municipality
Water Body unnamed slough Drainage Matanuska River Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 6 1/8" mesh Gee minnow traps
Locality slough along Glenn Highway about 1.1 mi fom Old Glenn Highway exit
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type muck
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 19.5 C. Six traps set along shore for anadromous stickleback at 1121. Exit sign for Old Glenn Highway is across road (east side) about 100 m north. Traps set by 11:47 adjacent to first power pole south of Old Glenn Highway sign. Six more collapsible traps set along same area at 2300 hr on 17 June because about 15 sticklebacks in good condition caught by 2200 hr. Fifteen more GEE 1/4" mesh traps added at 2115 hr. Twelve traps set previously contained only 1 G. aculeatus and 1 Pungitius, lots of dragonfly naiads. Yesterday there were about 15 G. aculeatus.