Fish Species

Fish Species by Watersheds : 'Sheepy Creek-Lower Klamath Lake-180102041406'

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

Goldfish

  • Carassius auratus
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Goldfish, captured in rotary screw trap on Sacramento River at Knight's Landing. Date: January 2009. Photo by Dan Worth, CDFW.

Klamath Largescale Sucker

  • Catostomus snyderi
  • Yes
  • N / A

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.

Pumpkinseed

  • Lepomis gibbosus
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Pumpkinseed, captured from Lake Davis, CA. Photo by Robert Vincik, California Department of Fish and Game.

Shortnose Sucker

  • Chasmistes brevirostris
  • Yes

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

White Crappie

  • Pomoxis annularis
  • No

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