Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability

CAS Ichthyology Collection Database


CAS-ICH 245365 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 22 Oct 1995 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 250/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol; 70% EtOH Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Gilboa, Aviel  Field Number MAB95-11 Date Collected 22 October 1995 : 1300
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County Ventura County
Water Body Sespe Creek Drainage Santa Clara River Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8" mesh seine
Locality Sespe Creek at end of road north from Fillmore
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type boulders, cobbles, gravel, silt on them
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 22.2 C. We made about 10 seine hauls and dipnetted for 20 min. Most fish came from one backwater pool. There were a few highly colored males and lots with red chins. But there was only one obviously gravid female. No obvious cases of Schistocephalus infection. Also caught in rank order of abundance, (1) Gila orcutti, (2) Catostomus santaanae, and (3) Lampetra tridentata.