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CAS-ICH 245135 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 15 Sep 1975 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 200/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Haglund, Thomas R.  Field Number MAB75-26 Date Collected 15 September 1975 : 1530
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County Santa Barbara County
Water Body San Antonio Creek Drainage San Antonio Creek Island Group Island
Depth Width 5.6 m Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine
Locality San Antonio Creek, Vandenberg AFB, 0.2 km from mouth
Latitude-Longitude 34.79805°N, 120.6206806°W Bottom Type sand, detritus
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water Temp. = 20.8 C. Seems to be freshwater (frog, snails) although it must rise and fall with tides. Some males [Gasterosteus aculeatus] with nuptial colorations. Many gravid female sticklebacks very common. Gobies only in reeds at left. Mostly large sticklebacks, few small ones. Also caught Eucyclogobius newberryi and Leptocottus armatus.