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37 <br />Fish Distribution and. Population Trends <br />'Extensive habitat data were recorded for all captures of endangered <br />'fish, including the depth, velocity, and substrate at point of capture, <br />the location of capture, and gear employed (Tables 7 and 8). <br />A total of 77 juvenile and adult Colorado squawfish, 26 adult humpback <br />chub, 1 adult bonytail chub and 2 adult razorback sucker were collected <br />in the systematic sampling program. In addition, five humpback chub <br />were recaptured, two of which were recaptured locally; one was recaptured <br />3 miles away and one was recaptured 5 miles away from the initial capture_ <br />site. - - <br />Colorado squawfish,-Adult Colorado squawfish were captured in all <br />strata, however, strata E, F, and B produced the largest numbers of <br />fish. Strata F and A produced by far the largest numbers of young squawfish - <br />(Table 9 <br />The Green River was intensively sampled by the Special Investigative <br />Team from the Gates of Lodore (RM 390) to its confluence with the Colorado <br />River to ascertain the distribution and abundance of young-of-the-year <br />Colorado squawfish. A total of 1,794 young squawfish were collected <br />with the largest numbers per effort occurring in strata-A and F (Table <br />10). During this effort, care was taken to record the numbers by size <br />classes. of all other species found to exist with the young squawfish. <br />Those data will be analyzed for possible correlation with the existence <br />of young squawfish. One noteworthy observation is that the highest <br />numbers of red shiners were captured with large numbers of young squawfish, -