| CAS-ICH 245286 | Gasterosteus aculeatus [Catalog of Fishes] | ID by/date | Bell, Michael A. / 21 Jul 1979 | Gasterosteidae | |||
| Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) | 200/0/0 | Prep Type - Preservative | alc-50% isopropanol | Other/Previous Number | Size | ||
| Collector; Vessel | Bell, Michael A.; Buth, Donald G. | Field Number | MAB79-7 | Date Collected | 21 July 1979 : 1300 | ||
| Continent/Ocean | North America | Country | United States | State | California | County | Ventura County |
| Water Body | Ventura River | Drainage | Ventura River | Island Group | Island | ||
| Depth | Width | 23 m | Salinity | 1 | Gear | 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine | |
| Locality | Ventura River, just upstream (60 m) of Shell Road | ||||||
| Latitude-Longitude | Bottom Type | cobbles, algae | |||||
| Acc. Number | 2018-X:19 | Specimen Remarks | m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month. | ||||
| Collecting Event Remarks | Water temp. = 26 C. This is near a 1975 station. Fish were collected in a wide, slowly flowing area of stream. Most fish came from under emergent, marginal vegetation or algae floating around an emergent boulder. Some males had red on throat and shoulder girdle, but none had blue, and no females were gravid. There were abundant small fish but no fry. Also caught Gila orcutti. | ||||||