| CAS-ICH 245209 | Gasterosteus aculeatus [Catalog of Fishes] | ID by/date | Bell, Michael A. / 26 Jun 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 | MAB77-23 | Date Collected | 26 June 1977 : 1630 | ||
| Continent/Ocean | North America | Country | United States | State | California | County | San Luis Obispo County |
| Water Body | Pico Creek | Drainage | Pico Creek | Island Group | Island | ||
| Depth | Width | 8 m | Salinity | Gear | 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine | ||
| Locality | Pico Creek mouth | ||||||
| Latitude-Longitude | 35.6181861°N, 121.1466222°W | Bottom Type | dead leaves, detritus on top of gravel | ||||
| Acc. Number | 2018-X:19 | Specimen Remarks | m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month. | ||||
| Collecting Event Remarks | Water temp. = 22.5 C. A non-melanistic Eucyclogobius what appeared to be transparent was collected. A Santa Cruz garter snake was seen in a pool just upstream which contained no fish. The vast majority of sticklebacks were taken in a side channel where the temp was somewhat elevated. Tadpoles were present. Some fish returned- sticklebacks and gobies. Also caught Eucyclogobius newberryi. | ||||||