7175

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7175
• Author: Miller, R. R. and G. R. Smith.
• Title: Fish Remains from Stanton's Cave, Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Arizona, With Notes on the Taxonomy of
• USFW Year: 1984.
• Copyright Material: YES

Figure 5-3A. Dorsal view of 1179581t see F~d re 5~ C)
elegans, UMMZ ( gu
Figure 5-3B. Dorsal view of left pectoral girdle of Gila
cypha from Stanton's Cave. From a speci-
men about 300 mm S.L.
Table 5-1. Fish remains from Stanton's Cave, Grand
Canyon (UMMZ Acc. 1969-VII1:27, 1970-
I:21), Ariz C:5:3.
1.
2.
Surface, antechamber 1, R.C. Euler, John Ware III,
Bruce Harrill, collectors, June 17,1969.
Gila cypha, humpback chub
1 incomplete neurocranium with Weberian ap-
paratus attached; plus 9 attached vertebrae
and 3 ribs. From a fish 300 mm S.L.
Ptychocheilus Iucius, Colorado squawfish
SC62, right second brnchiostegal. From a fish
perhaps 1.2-1.5 m long.
Pack rat's nest adjacent to FS #14, June 1969, Law-
rence Powers.
Giia cypha
Left pectoral girdle. From a specimen about
300 mm S.L.
Figure 5-3D. Incomplete left dentary of Catostomus ais-
coboius (anterior is dorsal) from Stanton's
Cave, total length 12.4 mm. From aspecs-
men about 400 mm S.L..
Base of left pectoral girdle, 16.6 mm T.L. From
a specimen about 400 mm S.L. The pattern of
growth-ring density at the edge of the bone
indicates that the specimen was taken in the
spring of the year.
3. Main room, N-S T. Tr, Grid G-19, 15-40 cm. dune
27,1969, Bruce Harrill.
Catostomus discoboIus, bluehead sucker
Left dentary (incomplete). From a specimen
ca. 315 mm S.L.
Left premaxilla (broken), 9.0 mm T.L. From a
specimen ca. 300 mm S.L.
Parasphenoid (incomplete), 14.9 mm T.L. From
a specimen at least 3~~ milt S.L.
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Figure 5-3C. Incomplete neurocrocranium of c:atosto-
mus Iatipinnis (anterior is dorsal), total
length 33.6 mm, width 37.9 mm, from
Stanton's Cave. From a specimen about
400 mm S.L.