7373

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7373
• Author: Williams, J. E., et al.
• Title: Endangered Aquatic Ecosystems on North American Deserts with a List of Vanishing Fishes of the Region
• USFW Year: 1985
• USFW - Doc Type: Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 1.-List of fishes of concern from the North American deserts region. Fishes are noted as endangered (E), vulnerable (V), rare (R), or indeterminate (I). O°
Extinct fishes (Ex) are also included.
Number Status Common Name Scientific Name Location
CYPRINIDAE - MINNOW FAMILY (continued)
62 E Parras slender chub Gila sp. COA: Parras Valley
63 E White River spinedace Lepidomeda albivallis NV: Upper White River
64 Ex Pahranagat spinedace Lepidomeda altivelis NV: Pahranagat Valley
65 V Virgin River spinedace Lepidomeda m. mollispinis NV, AZ, UT: Virgin River ?0
66 E Big Spring spinedace Lepidomeda m. pratensis NV: Meadow Valley Wash
67 V Little Colorado spinedace Lepidomeda vittata AZ: Little Colorado River drainage z
68 E Moapa dace Moapa coriacea NV: Moapa River r?
69 V Spikedace Meda fulgida NM, AZ: Gila River Basin; AZ: Salt River, O
Verde River
70 I Pilon shiner Notropis aguirrepequenoi TAM, NLE: Rio Soto La Marina x
71 E Largemouth shiner Notropis bocagrande CHI: Ojo Solo en Bolson de los Muertos
72 V Yaqui beautiful shiner Notropis form osus mearnsi AZ, CHI, SON: Rio Yaqui Olt
73 Ex Phantom shiner Notropis orca NM, TX, CHI, TAM: Rio Grande N
74 V Conchos shiner Notropis panarcys CHI: Rio Conchos O
z
75 V Proserpine shiner Notropis proserpinus TX: Rio Grande drainage (Devil's River, Pecos Y
River, Las Moras, Pinto and San Felipe z
Creeks) C
76 Ex Rio Grande bluntnose shiner Notropis simus simus NM, TX, CHI: Rio Grande
77 V Pecos bluntnose shiner Notropis s. pecosensis NM: Pecos River Y
78 R Cuatro Cienegas shiner Notropis xanthicara COA: Cuatro Cienegas Y
n
79 E Woundfin Plagopterus argentissimus UT, AZ, NV: Virgin River; AZ: Gila River
(Ex)
80 E Colorado squawfish Ptychocheilus Lucius CO: Colorado River, Gunnison River, Yampa
River, Green River; UT: Colorado River, Green O
River; NV, CA, AZ: Colorado River; NM
CO
,
,
UT: San Juan River (Ex?); AZ: Gila River
n
drainage (Ex) Z
81 R Relict dace Relictus solitarius NV: Goshute Basin, Spring Basin, Steptoe n
Basin, Ruby Basin, Butte Basin
82 R Big Smoky speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus lariversi NV: Big Smoky Valley
83 V Independence Valley speckled dace Rhinichthys o. lethoporus NV: Independence Valley
84 V Moapa speckled dace Rhinichthys o. moapae NV: Moapa River
85 E Ash Meadows speckled dace Rhinichthys o. nevadensis NV: Ash Meadows
86 E Clover Valley speckled dace Rhinichthys o. oligoporus NV: Clover Valley
87 Ex Grass Valley speckled dace Rhinichthys o. reliquus NV: Grass Valley
88 V Owens speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus ssp. CA: Owens Valley G
89 V Amargosa Canyon speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus ssp. CA: Middle Amargosa River drainage O
90 R Preston speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus ssp. NV: Upper White River t"
91 R Amargosa speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus ssp. NV: Upper Amargosa River o