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CAS-ICH 245156 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 24 Oct 1975 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 180/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Haglund, Thomas R.  Field Number MAB75-49 Date Collected 24 October 1975 : 1100
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County Ventura County
Water Body Ventura River Drainage Ventura Island Group Island
Depth Width 12 m Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine
Locality Ventura River behind Copco, 6.3 km from mouth
Latitude-Longitude 34.3291167°N, 119.2964972°W Bottom Type patchy cobbles, gravel and sand, silt, algae
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 16.5 C. Sluggish reach of stream. There were many males with red on throat but a few with blue body color. No gravid females. Stream margins choked with duck weed, filamentous algae and emergent broadleaf vegetation. Also caught Gila orcutti.