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CAS-ICH 245281 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 24 Jul 1979 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 50/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Buth, Donald G.  Field Number MAB79-22 Date Collected 24 July 1979 : 2000
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County Santa Barbara County
Water Body Alamo Creek Drainage Santa Maria River Island Group Island
Depth Width 8 m Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine
Locality Alamo Creek (same locality as sampled by M. A. Bell in 1975)
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type gravel
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 collected in a large pool about 40 m long. Also caught Rhinichthys osculus, Gambusia affinis, cyprinid, Lepomis cyanellus, and Lepomis macrochirus.