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CAS-ICH 245100 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 15 Sep 1974 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 200/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Bell, Bonnie M.  Field Number MAB74-77 Date Collected 15 September 1974 : 1500
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County Ventura County
Water Body Piru Creek Drainage Santa Clara River Island Group Island
Depth Width 9.5 m Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine
Locality Piru Creek, 9.1 km from confluence with Santa Clara River
Latitude-Longitude 34.4563944°N, 118.7509222°W Bottom Type cobbles, mud, vegetation
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water Temp. = 23 C. Relatively quiet streth just downstream of gauging station a few hundred meters below Santa Felicia Dam. The fish were collected along shallow marginal weed covered banks. Also caught Gila orcutti, Cottus sp., and "bass."