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CAS-ICH 245162 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 28 Nov 1975 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 100/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Haglund, Thomas R.  Field Number MAB75-62 Date Collected 28 November 1975 : 1200
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County San Luis Obispo County
Water Body unknown Drainage San Luis Obispo Creek Island Group Island
Depth Width 5 m Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine
Locality tributary to San Luis Obispo Creek within 100 m of confluence. Tributary called Prefumo Creek, 12 km from mouth of San Luis Obispo Creek
Latitude-Longitude 35.2447083°N, 120.6816278°W Bottom Type mud, sand, gravel
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 12.5 C. This is a tributary we did not see on map. Picked up a Clemmys turtle, crayfish and saw one aquatic mammal (muskrat or otter?). Many small sticklebacks and some large from last haul thrown back. Fish were almost entirely in deep pools with undercut banks and protruding sticks and roots. Also caught Rhinichthys osculus and Oncorhynchus mykiss.