Specimen Information

Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gasterosteus aculeatus
(Threespine Stickleback)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID35505
GroupFishes
GenusGasterosteus
Speciesaculeatus
Common NameThreespine Stickleback
StateMI
CountyOttawa
LocalityLake Michigan (Great Lakes Dr.), 10 km from Grand Haven Ottawa County
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBlack-Macatawa
HUC8 Number04050002
HUC10 NameLake Michigan
HUC10 Number0405000203
HUC12 NameLake Michigan
HUC12 Number040500020301
Map
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Collection Day25
Collection Month4
Collection Year1983
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaydispersed
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:713
Author:Johnston, C.E.
Date:1991
Title:Discovery of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (Pisces: Gasterosteidae) in the Lake Michigan drainage, Illinois.
Journal:Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science
Volume:84
Issue:3&4
Pages:173-174
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recordstate
Museum Cat NumberUWZM 8269
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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