7276

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7276
• Author: Platania, S. P. and K. R. Bestgen.
• Title: Study of the Rare and Endangered Fishes of the San Juan River, New Mexico
• USFW Year: 1988.
• USFW - Doc Type: 1988 Report of Activity.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 9. Summary of 43 backwater seine collections made in the
San Juan River, New Mexico during July-August 1988.
Species
Total Percent Frequency of
specimens of total Rank occurrence in
43 collections
common carp 122 0.7 9 20
roundtail
chub 1 * 11
1
red shiner 7,455 44.0 1 40
fathead
minnow 4,721 27.9 2 41
speckled dace 871 5.1 5 36
flannelmouth
sucker 1,275 7.5 4 38
bluehead
sucker 405 2.4 7 26
channel
catfish 439 2.6 6 15
plains
killifish 172 1.0 8 16
mosquitofish 1,462 8.6 3 35
largemouth
bass 4
10
3
TOTAL 16,927
* = less than 0.1%
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