Specimen Information

Cottus asper
Cottus asper
(Prickly Sculpin)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID281630
GroupFishes
GenusCottus
Speciesasper
Common NamePrickly Sculpin
StateCA
CountyVentura
LocalityPiru Creek, 9.1 km from confluence with Santa Clara River.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSanta Clara
HUC8 Number18070102
HUC10 NameLower Piru Creek
HUC10 Number1807010206
HUC12 NameHosler Canyon-Piru Creek
HUC12 Number180701020604
Map
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Collection Day15
Collection Month9
Collection Year1974
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:20840
Author:Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
Date:2011
Title:Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History - Ichthyology Collection.
Publisher:Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
Reference 2
Ref. Number:595
Author:Bell, M.A.
Date:1978
Title:Fishes of the Santa Clara system, southern California.
Journal:Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Volume:295
Pages:1-20
Reference 3
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 4
Ref. Number:13709
Author:Moyle, P.B.
Date:2002
Title:Inland fishes of California.
Publisher:University of California Press
Pages:502 pp.
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalLos Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Museum Cat NumberLACM 34238.002
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Preserved34


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