| CAS-ICH 245252 | Gasterosteus aculeatus [Catalog of Fishes] | ID by/date | Bell, Michael A. / 6 Aug 1977 | Gasterosteidae | |||
| Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) | 50/0/0 | Prep Type - Preservative | alc-50% isopropanol | Other/Previous Number | Size | ||
| Collector; Vessel | Bell, Michael A.; Bell, Bonnie M. | Field Number | MAB77-68 | Date Collected | 6 August 1977 : 1620 | ||
| Continent/Ocean | North America | Country | United States | State | California | County | San Bernardino County |
| Water Body | Holcomb Creek | Drainage | Mojave River | Island Group | Island | ||
| Depth | Width | Salinity | 0 | Gear | 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine | ||
| Locality | Holcomb Creek | ||||||
| Latitude-Longitude | 34.2986028°N, 116.9881944°W | Bottom Type | sand, vegetation beds | ||||
| Acc. Number | 2018-X:19 | Specimen Remarks | m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month. | ||||
| Collecting Event Remarks | Water temp. = 21.5 C. Most fish seined from large triangular pool (10x10x15 m) and a smaller triangular pool (11x8x8 m) both of which receive a gentle flow of water. 5 garter snakes seen of which 4 captured, each contained G. aculeatus. Total length of snakes (2) 60 cm, (2) 45 cm. Partially digested fish obtained from 2 largest snakes, 1 from 1, 2 from the other. Intestine protruding from 2 partially digested fish, the other is 0 plated and very pale. Garter snakes considered very abundant as are the sticklebacks. Numerous males in nuptial coloration. Many small sticklebacks thrown back. Also caught Oncorhynchus sp. | ||||||