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CAS-ICH 245126 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 4 Aug 1975 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 60/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.; Haglund, Thomas R.  Field Number MAB75-16 Date Collected 4 August 1975 : 1330
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State California County Ventura County
Water Body Matilija Creek Drainage Ventura Island Group Island
Depth Width 5 m Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine
Locality Matilija Creek, near end of paved road, 33.8 km from mouth of Ventura River
Latitude-Longitude 34.5090417°N, 119.3837167°W Bottom Type mostly large cobble, gravel
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water Temp. = 24.5 C.The sticklebacks were taken from a series of pools along about 300 m or more of stream. Above this area for several hundred meters only 2 sticklebacks were seen. As we moved downstream, they became progressively more abundant. Trout large and small are very abundant in this area. Also caught Oncorhynchus mykiss and Gila orcutti.