Fish Species

Fish Species by Watersheds : 'Soda Creek-Kern River-180300010404'

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

Brook Trout

  • Salvelinus fontinalis
  • No

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

Kern River Rainbow Trout

  • Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Golden trout caught in Guitar Lake, 7/16/05. Length: 21 cm. Photo courtesy of Howard Kern.

Sacramento Pikeminnow

  • Ptychocheilus grandis
  • Yes

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