Fish Species

Fish Species by Watersheds : 'Lake Tahoe-160501010500'

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

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

Lahontan Lake Tui Chub

  • Siphatales bicolor pectinifer
  • Yes

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

Lahontan Mountain Sucker

  • Catostomus platyrhynchus
  • Yes

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

Lahontan Stream Tui Chub

  • Siphatales bicolor obesus
  • Yes

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

Lake Trout

  • Salvelinus namaycush
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Lake trout, captured from Donner Lake on 12/21/2009. Length: 53 cm (21

Largemouth Bass

  • Micropterus salmoides
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Largemouth bass approximately 30 cm (12”) long. Location: Deer Creek, California Date 6/22/2007. Photo by Dave Giordano.

Mountain Whitefish

  • Prosopium williamsoni
  • Yes

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

Smallmouth Bass

  • Micropterus dolomieu
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Smallmouth bass. Photo courtesy of Drew Gregory.

Sockeye (Kokanee) Salmon

  • Onchorynchus nerka
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Kokanee salmon. Location: Kootenay Lake, BC, Canada, Date: circa 1994, Photo by Lisa Thompson.