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<br />Table 1. <br /> <br />List of fish species taken before impoundment by Flaming Gorge Dam in the <br />Green River and its tributaries in the vicinity of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir <br />area. Species listed in order of apparent abundance. <br /> <br />Species <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus <br />Speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus <br />Flannel mouth sucker, Catostomus latipinnis <br />Roundtail (Bonytail) chub, Gila robusta and G. elegans <br />Bluehead sucker, Catostomus discobolus <br />Mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi <br />Rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri <br />Cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki <br />Brown trout, Salmo trutta <br />Fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas <br />Carp, Cyprinus carpio <br />Mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsoni <br />Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus <br />Colorado River squawfish, Ptychocheilus lucius <br />Humpback sucker, Xyrauchen texanus <br /> <br />rt <br />rt <br />rt <br />rt <br />rt <br />rt <br />t <br />t <br />t <br />rt <br />rt <br />rt <br />r <br />r <br />r <br /> <br />(r) Green River Proper <br />(t) Tributaries <br /> <br />Table 2. <br /> <br />List of fish occurring in Flaming Gorge Reservoir in years subsequent to <br />impoundment (1964-1972). Species listed in order of apparent reservoir-wide <br />abundance. <br /> <br />Species <br /> <br />Utah chub <br />Redside shiner <br />Rainbow trout <br />Flannelmouth sucker <br />Speckled dace <br />Brown trout <br />White sucker <br />Cutthroat trout <br />Mottled sculpin <br />Fathead minnow <br />Mountain whitefish <br />Carp <br />Roundtail chub <br />Lake trout <br />Utah sucker <br />Bluehead sucker <br />Kokanee salmon <br />Smallmouth bass <br />Brook trout <br /> <br />Gila atraria <br />Richardsonius balteatus <br />Salmo gairdneri <br />Catostomus latipinnis <br />Rhinichthys osculus <br />Salmo trutta <br />Catostomus commersoni <br />Salmo clarki <br />Cottus bairdi <br />Pimephales promelas <br />Prosopium williamsoni <br />Cyprinus carpio <br />Gila robusta <br />Salvelinus namaycush <br />Catostomus ardens <br />Catostomus discobolus <br />Oncorhynchus nerka <br />Micropterus dolomieui <br />Salvelinus fontinalis <br /> <br />chub (Gila robusta) and bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus). Ten years <br />after impoundment, the Utah chub (Gila atraria), redside shiner, rainbow trout <br />(Salmo gairdneri), flannelmouth sucker, and common white sucker (Catostomus <br /> <br />6 <br />