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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I contained yearling (35-60mm) and larger fish (70-100mm, estimated Age 2 +), confirming reproduction the previous two years. Flannelmouth sucker spawned in early May based on collection of 14 adults with spawning tubercles including nine males and two females that expressed gametes. Adult flannel mouth sucker caught on later trips did not have secondary spawning characteristics. Early June collection of flannelmouth sucker larvae confirmed May spawning (Appendix Figure C.2). Yearling-sized flannelmouth sucker juveniles collected from May through July confirmed 1993 spawning, overwinter survival, and retention of young flannel mouth sucker within the Little Snake River. Bluehead sucker spawned in early to mid May. Of 22 adult bluehead sucker collected on May 14, 68% had breeding tubercles including four males and two females that expressed gametes. After May, adult bluehead sucker had no secondary spawning characteristics and larvae were abundant in all collections (Appendix Figure C.4). Juvenile and yearling-sized fish (25-60 mm) collected from May through July confirmed spawning in 1993, overwinter survival, and retention of larval blue head sucker within the Little Snake River. Speckled dace spawned in early June, based on fish collected in spawning color and expressing milt and based on larval collections in mid June and July (Appendix Figure C.4). Mottled sculpin spawned in Mayor June based on larvae collected in early June. Few nonnative species were collected in spawning condition, but a 60-mm redside shiner in brilliant spawning color and a sand shiner expressing milt were both collected on June 9. Red shiner, fathead minnow, and white sucker adults were rarely collected, but a few larvae of each species were collected, indicating some reproduction in 1994 (Table 2). White sucker spawned in late May based on 17