Fish Species

Fish Species by Watersheds : 'Tuttle Creek-Frontal Cape Ferrelo-171003120303'

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

American Shad

  • Alosa sapidissima
  • No

  • Thumbnail. American shad, head. Caught on the Feather River (Star Bend boat launch) on 4 July 2008. Approximately 20 cm TL. Photo by Brian Currier.

Coastal Cutthroat Trout

  • Oncorhynchus clarki clarki
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Cutthroat trout, sea-run adult. Caught along the beaches of Hood Canal near Seabeck, Washington. Photo courtesy of Larry Coté.

Coastal Threespine Stickleback

  • Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Threespine stickleback (armored). Location: Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Date: 16 April 2011. Photo by Christopher Mosser, UC Davis.

Eulachon

  • Thaleichthys pacificus
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Eulachon, male, caught in rotary screw trap on the Sacramento River at Knights Landing on 1/27/2006. Photo by Michael S. Brown, CDFW

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.

Pacific Lamprey

  • Entosphenus tridentata
  • Yes

  • Thumbnail. Pacific lamprey, captured in rotary screw trap on Sacramento River at Knight's Landing. Photo by Dan Worth, CDFW.