Fish Species

Fish Species by Watersheds : 'Rock Creek-Klamath River-180102060204'

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

Black Crappie

  • Pomoxis nigromaculatus
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Black crappie, captured in rotary screw trap on the Sacramento River at Knight's Landing on 2/26/2009. Photo by Dan Worth, CDFW

Blue Chub

  • Gila coerulea
  • Yes
  • N / A

Brook Trout

  • Salvelinus fontinalis
  • No

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

Brown Bullhead

  • Ameiurus nebulosus
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Brown bullhead. Caught in Seneca County, New York. Photo by Arthur Masloski, January 2009.

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

Klamath Largescale Sucker

  • Catostomus snyderi
  • Yes
  • N / A

Klamath Mountains Province Summer Steelhead

  • Oncorhynchus mykiss
  • Yes

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

Klamath Mountains Province Winter Steelhead

  • Oncorhynchus mykiss
  • Yes

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

Klamath Speckled Dace

  • Rhinichthys osculus klamathensis
  • Yes

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

Klamath Tui Chub

  • Siphatales bicolor bicolor
  • Yes

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

Lost River Sucker

  • Catostomus luxatus
  • Yes
  • N / A

Shortnose Sucker

  • Chasmistes brevirostris
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Shortnose sucker. Photo by Stewart Reid, Western Fishes, Ashland, OR.

Southern Oregon Northern California Coast Coho Salmon

  • Oncorhynchus kisutch
  • Yes

  • 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”).

Upper Klamath-Trinity Fall Chinook Salmon

  • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
  • Yes

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

Upper Klamath-Trinity Spring Chinook Salmon

  • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
  • Yes

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

White Crappie

  • Pomoxis annularis
  • No

  • Thumbnail. White crappie. Photo courtesy of Corey Geving, webmaster at roughfish.com.