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FIELD DATA RECORD 
Division of Fishes 
U. S. National Museum 
LIGHT 
Acc. No. _ Tog No. -S^h6—-25Q-. _ Sta. No. _ 
State or Country: ... Anchorage--ah Yurochi I sland --( Code_ 
County: NadS-i- Ynro)--Bikini-At^ll-C/fy: - 
Locality: _ 
Drainage: -1- Date: --X2- J V 1^ ^9U6 - 
Water: -G-lefrP--- 
Vegetation: . Sraa-1 1- -gr owth - of fine - f i lament ous- - s-eawe ed - - 
between-isolated-e-oral--heads- Time: - 19 QQ— 2 fQQ- - 
Bottom: —Mostly. sandy__ 
Shore: -1-- Current: ...Strong._ 
Distance from shore: _JOO. yards_ Tide: 
Depth of capture: -Sur-faCe.-ligJlt_ -Depth of water: .-30—40-feet 
Method of capture: Hi pnets. .under.ifeearch..lights_ 
Collected by: ES-Herald.___ 
Preservative: cnaalln- Temp: _ Air: _ 
List of species or kinds, with tag numbers if drawn or discussed: 
3 Needlefishes 
27 Atherinids 
Two large Fistula ria (or Aulostomus?) came 
swimming through the beam of light $ they could 
not be caught in the dip mets. 
Inasmuch asthe submarine light had been 
broken as it was being loaded upon the "XMS 463, 
theonly light available was the searchlight of 
the ship-these, one on each side, were focusued 
as much as possible, and directed along the side 
of the ship. Seaman Rutherford developed a falling 
technique for catching the fishes listed above- 
with feet on the outer rail and another man holding 
him by the belt-he would fall fowrard with the 
net over his head-at a 45° angle from the ship 
he would bring the net crashing down on top of 
some unfortunate future USNM specimen. All in 
all, the technique was quite effective. 
The reason for the poor yield in the number of 
fishes coming to the light was not apparent fintil 
the next morning when ESH swam ashore——for then 
with face mask the barren natureof the bottom was 
quite evident. 
