Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences) articles from April 2002

Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences) archives from April 2002

A new species of the genus Lile (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae) of the eastern tropical Pacific.
April 1, 2002... Abstract.--A new species of tropical sardine belonging to the genus Lile is described. The species differs from other known members of the genus by its morphometrics, morphology, number of gill rakers, coloration and distributional pattern....

Food habits of the spotted sand bass Paralabrax maculatofaciatus (Steindachner, 1868) from Laguna Ojo de Liebre, B.C.S., Mexico.
April 1, 2002... Abstract.--Feeding habits of spotted sand bass Paralabrax maculatofasciatus, in Laguna Ojo de Liebre, B.C.S., Mexico, were analyzed. According to relative importance index the amphipod Corophium spp., isopod Paracerceis spp., polychaetes...

First specimens of the fangjaw eel Echiophis brunneus (Pisces: Ophichthidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The fangjaw eel was first referred to by McCosker (1977) as an undescribed ophiclithid species of the genus Echiophis Kaup 1856, with a potential distribution from the Gulf of California to Panama. Castro-Aguirre and Suarez de los Cobos (1983)...

Observations on nesting seabirds and insular rodents in the Middle Sea of Cortes in 1999 and 2000.
April 1, 2002... The Sea of Cortes has been touted as an area of great biological diversity. However, much of the information on the biota of this area comes from single visits, often several decades old, and frequently the data is transmitted only verbally or...

Macroparasites of Pacific sanddab Citharichthys sordidus (Bothidae) from polluted waters of the Palos Verdes Shelf; southern California.
April 1, 2002... Pacific sanddab Citharichthys sordidus Girard is very abundant along the Pacific coast of North America and is an important food fish in California (Hopkins 1986). It is a major component of trawl-caught fish in many locations in the Southern...

Interactive effects of diurnal period and seasonality on water potentials of Acacia, and parasitic and autoparasitic Phoradendron.
April 1, 2002... Abstract.--Comparative diurnal and seasonal water potentials of Acacia greggii, and parasitic and autoparasitic Phoradendron californicum were quantitatively investigated in the Las Vegas Valley of southern Nevada. A perennial P. californicum...