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

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Figure 2. Total catch and catch-per-unit-effort (CPLJE; number/100 mZ seined) of flannelmouth
sucker and speckled dace caught in the Paria River, 1996.
dace CPUE peaked a# 53.2 Ssh/i00 rnZ seined on 28 September 1996
~ Several size classes of speckled dace were caught in 1996 (Figure 4). In the spring,
speckled dace ranged from 3 - 12 cm with a modal length class of 7 cm. During the summer,
speckled dace were of the 5 cm modal class and ranged from 3 - 12 cm length classes, whereas
fish in the late summer/early fall averaged 7 cm and ranged from 3 - 11 cm.
' Other Species
Only flannelmouth sucker and speckled dace were captured upstream in the Paria River,
proper. Three fish of two other species were caught in the mouth of the Paria River in addition to
flannelmouth sucker and speckled dace. Two golden shiners {91 and 94 mm TL) and one
rainbow trout (305 mm TL) were also caught in the mouth of the Paria River.
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