8006

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8006
• Author: Hawkins, J. A., E. J. Wick and D. E. Jennings.
• Title: Icthyofauna of the Little Snake River, Colorado, 1994 - Final Report.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Table 1. Approximate length at beginning of juvenile and adult life stages for
fishes collected from the Little Snake River, Colorado, 1994. Fish smaller than
juvenile size are larva. Data adapted from Snyder (1981) and Snyder and Muth
(1 990). Common and scientific names from Robins et al. (1 991 ).

Total length (mm)

Juvenile

Adult

Native species
roundtail chub * Gila robusta 25 200
speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus 20 50
bluehead sucker * Catostomus discobolus 25 200
flannel mouth sucker * Catostomus latipinnis 30 300
mottled sculpin Cottus bairdi 15 40
Nonnative species
red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis 15 40
common carp it Cyprinus carpio 20 250
sand shiner Notropis stramineus 15 40
fathead minnow Pimephales promelas 15 40
redside shiner Richardsonius balteatus 20 60
white sucker * Catostomus commersoni 25 200
channel catfish * Ictalurus punctatus 25 200

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Large-bodied species attain an adult size at 2..200mm, other species are
small-bodied forms and attain adult size at < 200mm total length.

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