Fish Species

Fish Species by Watersheds : 'Tarantula Wash-181002030801'

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

Desert Pupfish

  • Cyprinodon macularius
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Desert pupfish, male, breeding color. Borrego Palm Canyon Pond, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Date: May 2010. Photo - Sharon Keeney, CDFW

Flathead Catfish

  • Pylodictis olivaris
  • No

  • Thumbnail. Flathead catfish, adult. Caught in the St. Croix River, Washington County, Minnesota, in summer 1976. Photo by Konrad Schmidt, Minn. DNR