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CAS-ICH 73114 Notropis cornutus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Leuciscidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 4/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH Other/Previous Number IU 08261 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 another label identifies these as Luxilus cornutus
Collecting Event Remarks water gray/brown, nearly clear, temp. ca. 72 deg.