California Fish Species

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Fish Species by Watershed : South Fork Eel Watershed

California Roach

  • Lavinia symmetricus
  • Native Species

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

Chinook Salmon

  • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
  • Native Species

  • Thumbnail. Chinook salmon. Spring-run Chinook salmon (female spawner) swimming in Butte Creek, CA on 14 September 2006. Photo - Lisa Thompson, UC Davi

Coastrange Sculpin

  • Cottus aleuticus
  • Native Species

  • Thumbnail. Coastrange sculpin, approx. 85 mm (3.5

Coho Salmon

  • Oncorhynchus kisutch
  • Native Species

  • Thumbnail. Coho salmon fry taken by Lisa Thompson. Location: Shasta River, California. Date: 4/13/2004. Fish was approximately 6.5 cm long (2.5”).

Pacific Lamprey

  • Lampetra tridentata
  • Native Species

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

Prickly Sculpin

  • Cottus asper
  • Native Species

  • Thumbnail. Prickly sculpin, approximately 10 cm (4”) long. Location: Suisun Marsh, California. Date: 8/6/2007. Photo by Dave Giordano.

Rainbow Trout and/or Steelhead Trout

  • Oncorhynchus mykiss
  • Native Species

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

River Lamprey

  • Lampetra ayresi
  • Native Species

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

Sacramento Pikeminnow

  • Ptychocheilus grandis
  • Native Species

  • Thumbnail. Sacramento pikeminnow, juvenile. Location: Deer Creek California (Yuba River basin). Date: 6/20/2007. Photo by Dave Giordano.

Sacramento Sucker

  • Catostomus occidentalis
  • Native Species

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

Threespine Stickleback

  • Gasterosteus aculeatus
  • Native Species

  • Thumbnail. Threespine stickleback (armored). Location: Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Date: 16 April 2011. Photo by Christopher Mosser, UC Davis.

Western Brook Lamprey

  • Lampetra richardsoni
  • Native Species

  • Thumbnail. Western brook lamprey. Location: Prairie Creek, CA. Date: 2011. Photo by Michael Sparkman, CDFW.

If you don't see your fish in this list of native species, your fish may be a non-native. Click here to see a list of non-native species found in California.