| CAS-ICH 245285 | Gasterosteus aculeatus [Catalog of Fishes] | ID by/date | Bell, Michael A. / 21 Jul 1979 | Gasterosteidae | |||
| Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) | 200/0/0 | Prep Type - Preservative | alc-50% isopropanol | Other/Previous Number | Size | ||
| Collector; Vessel | Bell, Michael A.; Buth, Donald G. | Field Number | MAB79-6 | Date Collected | 21 July 1979 : 1200 | ||
| Continent/Ocean | North America | Country | United States | State | California | County | Ventura County |
| Water Body | Ventura River | Drainage | Ventura River | Island Group | Island | ||
| Depth | Width | 12 m | Salinity | 0 | Gear | 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine | |
| Locality | Ventura River, about 100 m upstream of the Main Street bridge | ||||||
| Latitude-Longitude | Bottom Type | mud, cobbles | |||||
| Acc. Number | 2018-X:19 | Specimen Remarks | m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month. | ||||
| Collecting Event Remarks | Water temp. = 24 C. This locality is a pool below a riffle about 65% algae covered. There were many males with red on head and some with more onto pelvics or anal fin, but none had blue on skin or iris. There were no gravid females but fry were abundant (15-20 mm, many thrown back). There were many dead Gila with lesions near dorsal fin and some alive with lesions. These always were adults 80mmt. Also caught Gila orcutti and Gambusia affinis. | ||||||