Specimen Information

Cottus asper
Cottus asper
(Prickly Sculpin)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID281678
GroupFishes
GenusCottus
Speciesasper
Common NamePrickly Sculpin
StateCA
CountySan Bernardino
LocalityBig Bear Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSanta Ana
HUC8 Number18070203
HUC10 NameBear Creek
HUC10 Number1807020301
HUC12 NameSiberia Creek-Bear Creek
HUC12 Number180702030103
Map
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Collection Year1987
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:544
Author:Swift, C.C., T.R. Haglund, M. Ruiz, and R.N. Fisher
Date:1993
Title:The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California.
Journal:Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
Volume:92
Issue:3
Pages:101-167
Reference 2
Ref. Number:557
Author:Deinstadt, J.M., E.J. Pert, F.G. Hoover, and S. Sasaki.
Date:1988
Title:Survey of fish populations in southern California streams: 1987.
Journal:Calif. Fish and Game, Inland Fish. Div., Admin. Rept. 88-5
Pages:85 pp
Reference 3
Ref. Number:13709
Author:Moyle, P.B.
Date:2002
Title:Inland fishes of California.
Publisher:University of California Press
Pages:502 pp.
CommentsAlso in Bear Creek (Swift et al. 1993).
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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