9462

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9462
• Author: Mueller, G. A. and P. C. Marsh.
• Title: Lost, A Desert River and Its Native Fishes
• USFW Year: 2002.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Historical Perspective of the Lower Colorado River.
• Copyright Material: NO

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51. Desert pupfish (male-top; female-bottom). Courtesy of the Arizona Game and Fish Department...........45
52. Sonoran topminnow. Courtesy of the Arizona Game and Fish Department ..............................................46
53. Woundfm. Courtesy of the Arizona Game and Fish Department .............................................................. 46
54. Machete. Courtesy of the Arizona Game and Fish Department ................................................................46
55. Striped mullet. Courtesy ofthe Arizona Game and Fish Department ....................................................... 47
56. Early drawing ofa razorback sucker from D.S. Jordan (1891). Courtesy of the University

of Washington " ......... ................... ................ ........... ....... ...................... ...... ......... ............ ............................ 47

57. Emery and Ellsworth Kolb holding a stringer ofbonytail (location unknown, 1911),568-5739.
Courtesy of the Kolb Collection, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff ................................................ 48
58. James Fagen holding a large Colorado pikeminnow taken in Lower Granite Gorge (date unknown),
568-5737. Courtesy of the Kolb Collection, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff .............................. 49
59. Stringer of humpback chub taken from the Little Colorado River, 568-954, 568.5288. Courtesy
of the Kolb Collection, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff................................................................ 49
60. Eight bonytail and a large Colorado pikeminnow nailed to the bam. Courtesy ofVerlyn Westwood ......52
61. Ditch rider with a couple of Colorado pikeminnows. Courtesy of Wanda Staley..................................... 52
62. Fishermen with stringers of round tail chub and suckers taken around the Phoenix area in 1899.
Courtesy-of Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin Collection, Arizona State University Libraries ................... 52
63. The flood of 1922 breached the weir at Laguna Dam. Such floods were common until Boulder
Dam was built in 1935, P45-300-4414A. Courtesy of the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder

City, Nevada ..... .... .............. .......... .............. ........... ........... .... ............ ................... .... .... ......... ......... ....... ...... 53

64. This photograph was found in a collection from Blythe, California and shows a stringer of possible
marine topsmelt (Atherinidae). The photograph is believed taken in the lower river but its exact
date and location are unknown. Courtesy of the Palo Verde Historical Museum Society, Blythe,

California. ................ ............ ............. ....... ....... ........ ..... .... ............. ....... ...... ............... .... ......... ........... ....... ... 54

65. Native American netting fish in the Imperial Canal, August 16, 1907. National Archives Photo
115-JAJ-324. Imp. National Archives, Washington, D.C. .........................................................................55
66. Hoover Dam photograph of fishermen catching Colorado pikeminnow. Courtesy of Cashman
Collection, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library ...............................................................................56
67. Cowboy posed with a Colorado pikeminnow on a cane pole. Courtesy of the Arizona
Collection, Arizona State University Libraries .......................................................................................... 58
68. National Park Service Junior Naturalist Bert Long, holding a 25 1/2 inch-long Colorado
pikeminnow taken from Lake Mead on April 22, 1940. Courtesy of the National Park Service, .
Lake Mead National Recreation Area ........................................................................................................ 58
69. Photograph entitled "Netting carp in Lake Mead." The fish are mostly large razorback suckers,
NAU.PH.96.4.175.34. Courtesy of the Cline Library, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff ............... 58
70. A day's catch of largemouth bass from Lake Mead (1947), NAU.PH.96.4.175.32. Photograph
courtesy of the Cline Library, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff................................................. 59
71. Promotional photograph of trout anglers. Courtesy of the Lied Library, University of Nevada,

Las Vegas ............ ...................... ...................... ........... ........................ ...... ................... ......... ................ ....... 59

72. Last Colorado pikeminnow captured in Lake Mohave, November 13, 1962. Courtesy of

Jim Sleznick ................................................................................................................................ ............... 60

73. Channel catfish taken from Topock Gorge ................................................................................................61
74. Largemouth bass taken from Lake Havasu ................................................................................................ 61
75. Angler with a striped bass taken just downstream of Davis Dam ............................................................. 62
76. A young razorback sucker taken from a rearing pond located near Lake Mohave .................................... 62
77. One of the last known wild bonytail taken from Lake Mohave (ca. 1980's). Courtesy of the Nevada
Department of Wildlife, Las Vegas ............................................................................................................. 63
78. Cibola High Levee Pond, located in Cibola National Refuge, Arizona-California ................................... 64
79. Desert pupfish refugium located at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona-California ....................... 65

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