Fish Species - Old

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Freshwater native and non-native fish species present historically and/or currently, determined from the PISCES database (Feb. 26, 2014). Please note that THESE DISTRIBUTIONS ARE DRAFT, while we sort out some bugs associated with duplicate watershed names.

Brook Trout

  • Salvelinus fontinalis

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

Brown Trout

  • Salmo trutta

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

Coastal rainbow trout

  • Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus

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

Lahontan cutthroat trout

  • Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi

  • Thumbnail. Cutthroat trout, sea-run adult. Caught along the beaches of Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington. Photo courtesy of Larry Coté.

Lahontan mountain sucker

  • Catostomus platyrhynchus

  • Thumbnail. Mountain sucker. Photo courtesy of Professor Peter B. Moyle.

Lahontan redside

  • Richardsonius egregius

  • Thumbnail. Lahontan redside, caught in Bogard Spring Creek (Eagle Lake watershed) in 2011. Photo by Teejay O'Rear.

Lahontan speckled dace

  • Rhinichthys osculus robustus

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

Lahontan stream tui chub

  • Siphatales bicolor obesus

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

Mountain whitefish

  • Prosopium williamsoni

  • Thumbnail. Mountain whitefish. Location: Lower Truckee River, NV. Date: Oct. 2007. Photo by Marianne Denton, Dept. NRES, University of Nevada, Reno.

Paiute sculpin

  • Cottus beldingi

  • Thumbnail. Paiute sculpin (lateral view) from Sagehen Creek, CA in 2012. Photo by Matt Young.

Tahoe sucker

  • Catostomus tahoensis

  • Thumbnail. Tahoe sucker, adult, approximately 15 cm (6”) long. Date: 7/8/2007. Photo by Dave Giordano.