7327

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7327
• Author: Johnson, J. E.
• Title: Status of Endangered and Threatened Fish Species in Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1976.
• USFW - Doc Type: T/N 280,
• Copyright Material: NO

1 C. Salmo clarki pleuriticus (Colorado cutthroat trout)
1. Original Distribution - Cold headwater streams of the Green
and Colorado rivers in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah and the
San Juan River, New Mexico.
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2. General Description - Spots, large and pronounced, concentrated
mainly posteriorly. Coloration may be gaudy, particularly on
males in breeding season; red-crimson and orange and yellow
colors emphasized. In some specimens, the whole ventral region
may be crimson. (Behnke, 1973 c). Also see Table 1.
3. Present Distribution (Fig. III) - Northwater Creek, tributary
of Parachute Creek, Colorado River, Garfield Co., Colorado;
Cunningham Creek, tributary of Fryingpan Creek (White River NF),
Colorado River, Pitkin Co., Colorado; headwaters, Colorado
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