Oct 25, 2018
Great Walls of Fish, Batman!
Here we take a slight departure from dead birds, because this wall of dead fish is incredible. Some jars hold only one specimen, whereas others, like this jar full of Longfin Dace (Agosia chrysogaster) hold dozens.
With fish and other specimens that must be preserved in alcohol, it can be more effective to store many specimens in the same jar. However, those specimens must be the same species, collected at the same time and place to avoid any confusion down the line. In this case, the dace were all collected from the Aqua Fria River on December 3rd, 1943.
So many dace, same time, same place.
Photo credit: Kaitie Janecke Soltesz