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CAS-ICH 245211 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 27 Jun 1977 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 50/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Bell, Bonnie M.  Field Number MAB77-25 Date Collected 27 June 1977 : 1645
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County San Luis Obispo County
Water Body San Simeon Creek Drainage San Simeon Creek Island Group Island
Depth Width 6 m Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine
Locality San Simeon Creek, south fork
Latitude-Longitude 35.6288917°N, 121.0452306°W Bottom Type bedrock, leaves, sand, gravel, cobbles
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 17.5 C. Fish collected in a 25 m long pool. Small trout were very abundant. Downstream from here to junction with north fork. The stream has dwindled to a series of unconnected pools. The stream appears to be drying rapidly as we saw pool 1 cm deep with fish dying from lack of water, others were already dead. Oncorhynchus mykiss.