7617

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7617
• Author: Platania, S. P. and K. R. Bestgen.
• Title: Survey of the Fishes of the Lower San Juan River, New Mexico.
• USFW Year: 1987.
• USFW - Doc Type: Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Table 5. Summary of 39 electrofishing collections made during
August 1987, in the San Juan River, New Mexico.
Species
Total
specimens
Percent
of total

Rank
Frequency of
occurrence in
25 collections
brown trout 9 0.4 6 7
common carp 261 12.0 3 34
red shiner 4 0.2 8 4
speckled dace 60 2.8 5 21
flannelmouth
sucker 1,127 53.0 1 39
bluehead
sucker 480 23.0 2 37
flannelmouth x r '
bluehead sucker 2 0.1 9 2
black
bullhead 1 * 10 1
channel
catfish 161 7.0 4 22
bluegill 1 * 10 1
mottled
sculpin 6 0.3 7 4
TOTAL 2,112
* = less than 0.1%
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