9667

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9667
• Author: Brouder, M. J. and T. L. Hoffnagle.
• Title: Paria River Native Fish Monitoring - 1996-1997 Annual Report.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Flagstaff, AZ.
• Copyright Material: NO

Paria River Fish Monitoring Annual Report
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Distance (m) Upstream From Mouth
Figure 3. Number of flannelmouth sucker and speckled dace captured at each of the ten
standard sampling sites during Arizona Game and Fish Department Paria River fish monitoring,
1998.
(Figure 3). Rainbow trout was captured only from Site 9 (800 m upstream from the mouth).
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Bluehead sucker, golden shiner and redside shiner were only caught in the mouth of the Paria
River. It is likely that high temperature, high turbidity and/or flash flooding keep numbers of
non-native fish low in this stream.
Bluehead Sucker
One bluehead sucker was captured in the Paria River in 1998. This adult (265 mm;
244 g) was captured in the mouth of the Paria River in September (Trip 98-4). This species is
very rare in this region of the Colorado River. Another subadult/adult (146 mm; 30 g) bluehead
sucker was captured 800 m upstream in the Paria River in February 1997 (Brouder and
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Hoffttagle 1999, Paria River 1998 Annual Report Arizona Game & Fish Department I 1
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