| CAS-ICH 245212 | Gasterosteus aculeatus [Catalog of Fishes] | ID by/date | Bell, Michael A. / 28 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 | MAB77-28 | Date Collected | 28 June 1977 : 1615 | ||
| Continent/Ocean | North America | Country | United States | State | California | County | San Luis Obispo County |
| Water Body | Little Pico Creek | Drainage | Little Pico Creek | Island Group | Island | ||
| Depth | Width | 6.5 m | Salinity | 10 | Gear | 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine | |
| Locality | Little Pico Creek | ||||||
| Latitude-Longitude | 35.6339056°N, 121.1627944°W | Bottom Type | sand, mud | ||||
| Acc. Number | 2018-X:19 | Specimen Remarks | m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month. | ||||
| Collecting Event Remarks | Water temp. = 22 C. Garter snake seen. Males (sticklebacks) in nuptial coloration. Tadpoles present. Salmo gairdneri was found dead but in good condition (52.5 cm). Dissection showed the gut was empty but that it was a gravid female in which the eggs had entered the coelom. She apparently died of heat stress or anoxia. A section of skin was collected for aging. It appears that the water level has dropped at least 15 cm. Substantial portions of the habitat have dried up and the habitat may go dry by summer's end. Also caught Oncorhynchus mykiss, Eucyclogobius newberryi, and Cottus sp. | ||||||