| CAS-ICH 245279 | Gasterosteus aculeatus [Catalog of Fishes] | ID by/date | Bell, Michael A. / 19 Jul 1979 | Gasterosteidae | |||
| Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) | 100/0/0 | Prep Type - Preservative | alc-50% isopropanol | Other/Previous Number | Size | ||
| Collector; Vessel | Bell, Michael A.; Buth, Donald G. | Field Number | MAB79-2 | Date Collected | 19 July 1979 : 1200 | ||
| Continent/Ocean | North America | Country | United States | State | California | County | Ventura County |
| Water Body | Santa Clara River | Drainage | Santa Clara River | Island Group | Island | ||
| Depth | Width | 2 m | Salinity | 0 | Gear | 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine | |
| Locality | Santa Clara River, about 1.5 mi downstream of Ventura-Los Angeles county line, at base of spillway of small irrigation dam | ||||||
| Latitude-Longitude | Bottom Type | sand, gravel, concrete foundation of spillway | |||||
| 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. This is a check dam for irrigation that we sampled below in 1974. Sticklebacks were taken mostly below a shelf of concrete at the base of the spillway. There were mostly small Gasterosteus but a few large ones. There were a number of males with nuptial coloration (a few high) and one gravid female. There were no fry but a few fish <25 mm SL. Numerous large suckers were in the spillway. There were a number of male Pimephales with nuptial coloration. Also caught Gambusia affinis, Catostomus santaanae, Gila orcutti, and Pimephales promelas. | ||||||