History
The coastal Indians in California harvested grunion during spawning runs. Archeologists have found fossil grunion otoliths (tiny, bonelike particles or stony platelike structures in the internal ear of lower vertebrates) at various Indian campsites.
Grunion were mentioned by Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo in his ship's log dated c. 1542.
Scientists first identified grunion in San Francisco Bay in 1860.
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