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PAIUTE CUTTHROAT TROUT Salmo clarki seleniris (Snyder, 1933) <br />Order: SALMONIFORMES Family: SALMONIDAE <br />Distinguishing characteristics: Highly colored, typically with orange-red dash on <br />dentary, few spots; ventral area clear white. Except for ventral surface, coloration <br />somewhat similar to golden trout. <br />Present distribution: Very limited--Silver King Creek and its tributaries, Alpine <br />County, Cottonwood Creek, and Ingo County, California; Delaney Creek, Yosemite <br />National Park, California. <br />Former distribution: Alpine County, California, east of the Sierra Divide, in high <br />mountains . <br />Status: Greatly depleted and in peril. <br />Estimated. numbers: 500 adults . <br />Fecundity: Not known . <br />Reasons for decline: Overfishing, hybridization with rainbow trout, and limited range. <br />Protective measures already taken: A few successful transplants have been made by <br />California Department of Fish and Game; hybrids were removed from Silver King Creek in <br />1965 and pure stock were introduced. Silver King Creek, Delaney Creek, and North Fork <br />of Cottonwood Creek closed to angling . <br />Measures proposed: A survey of the current status of the species and the development <br />of a plan for preservation, including establishment of pure populations . <br />Number in captivity: None . <br />Culture potential in captivity: No data . <br />Remarks: Data submitted by the Forest Service, U . S . Department of Agriculture and <br />Dr. Robert J. Behnke, Colorado Cooperative Fishery Unit, Bureau of Sport Fisheries <br />and Wildlife . <br />References: <br />Anonymous. 1965. Preserving the Paiute. Outdoor California, Vol. 26, No. 3, <br />p. 3-4. <br />Fish, L . 1972. Status of certain depleted inland fishes . California Department of <br />Fish and Game , Inland Fish . Admin . Dept . , No . 72-1:13 p . <br />Snyder, J. O. 1934. Anew California trout. Calif. Fish and Game 20(2):105-112. <br />Wales, J. H. 1957. Trout of California. Department of Fish and Game, <br />Sacramento, California, 56 p. <br />18 <br />