| CAS-ICH 245224 | Gasterosteus aculeatus [Catalog of Fishes] | ID by/date | Bell, Michael A. / 10 Jul 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 | MAB77-41 | Date Collected | 10 July 1977 : 1300 | ||
| Continent/Ocean | North America | Country | United States | State | California | County | Mendocino County |
| Water Body | Ten Mile River | Drainage | Ten Mile River | Island Group | Island | ||
| Depth | Width | 30 m | Salinity | 0 | Gear | 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine | |
| Locality | Ten Mile River | ||||||
| Latitude-Longitude | 39.5411639°N, 123.7321139°W | Bottom Type | mud | ||||
| Acc. Number | 2018-X:19 | Specimen Remarks | m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month. | ||||
| Collecting Event Remarks | Water temp. = 20 C. Fish were more abundant this time than in September of 1976. Frog seen, verifies no salinity. Males in nuptial coloration. This is where south fork joins Ten Mile River. It is under tidal influence. Many small fish thrown back. Males photographed had little red but were dark and blue indicating nuptial coloration fully developed. Nuptial males included all three plate morphs. Also caught Cymatogaster aggregata, Eucyclogobius newberryi, Syngnathid sp., and Cottus sp. | ||||||