Class Osteichthyes
Order Gasterosteiformes
Family Gasterosteidae
Sites.
Rancholabrean: Piute Ponds (Jefferson 2014).
Late Pleistocene: Wanis View (Jefferson 2014)
Literature. Jefferson 2014.
Most populations of this fish live in oceanic waters but breed in brackish or freshwater; some populations, however, live entirely in freshwater. Occurrence generally is north of about 40° N latitude.
Sites.
Irvingtonian: Bautista Badlands (Bell 1973).
Irvingtonian/Rancholabrean: Bedford Properties (Jefferson 1991a); Manix Lake (Jefferson 1991a).
?Rancholabrean: Tower EP 353 (Jefferson 2014).
Rancholabrean: Cool Water Coal Gasification Solid Waste Site (Jefferson 1991a).
Sangamon: Naval Housing Unit (Jefferson 1991a); San Pedro Lumber Co. (Jefferson 1991a).
Wisconsin: Coyote Lake (Jefferson 1991a).
Mid Wisconsin: Pacific City (Wake and Roeder 2009); Rancho La Brea (Swift 1989).
Literature Cited. Bell 1973; Jefferson 1991a, 2014; Swift 1989; Wake and Roeder 2009.
Last Update: 30 Oct 2019