Fish Species

Fish Species by Watersheds : 'Willow Creek-180200010304'

Freshwater native and non-native fish species present currently and/or historically, determined from the PISCES database (Feb. 26, 2014).  Some species, such as salmon or steelhead, may no longer be present upstream of dams that lack fish passage.

Yes/No corresponds to California native species

Brook Trout

  • Salvelinus fontinalis
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Brook trout, captured in Lassen Creek, Modoc County, CA, on 8 July 2007. Photo by Dave Giordano

Brown Trout

  • Salmo trutta
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Brown trout, approximately 20 cm (8”) long. Location: Deer Creek, California Date: 6/21/2007. Photo by Dave Giordano

Goose Lake Lamprey

  • Entosphenus tridentata
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Pacific lamprey, captured in rotary screw trap on Sacramento River at Knight's Landing. Photo by Dan Worth, CDFW.

Goose Lake Redband Trout

  • Oncorhynchus mykiss subspecies
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Rainbow trout, 18 cm (7”) long. Location: Deer Creek, California (Yuba River basin). Date: 6/21/2007. Photo by Dave Giordano.

Goose Lake Sucker

  • Catostomus occidentalis lacusanserinus
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Sacramento sucker, adult, caught in Putah Creek, California on 26 June 2008 by Teejay O'Rear. Photo by Amber Manfree.

Goose Lake Tui Chub

  • Siphatales thalassinus thalassinus
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Tui chub, approximately 10 cm (4”) long. Date: 7/10/2007. Photo by Dave Giordano.

Northern (Pit) Roach

  • Lavinia mitrulus
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. California roach. Captured from the Gualala River. Photo by Carl Page, ARS Consulting.

Pit-Klamath Brook Lamprey

  • Lampetra lethophaga
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Pit-Klamath brook lamprey adult. Location: Dry Creek, Lake County, Oregon. Date: 9/18/2007. Photo by Michael P. Heck, Oregon DFW.

Sacramento Speckled Dace

  • Rhinichthys osculus subspecies
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Speckled dace, approximately 7 cm (3”) long. Date: 7/8/2007. Photo by Dave Giordano.