WSP04463

• File Number: 8460.500
• Description: Platte River Recovery Plan
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 6/1/1997
• Author: Colo Div of Wildlife
• Title: Inventory and Status of South Platte River Native Fishes in Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Table 5. Species composition, relative abundance, and frequency of occurrence in the mainstem
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South Platte River through the Denver urbanized corridpr (Bear Creek to Henderson; Hydrounit
10190003). This table was generated from 1995 raft el~ctrofishing and walk-shocking stations.
Efficiency was relatively poor, and effort is not comparable to other segments ofthis chapter or

report.
FREQUENCY RELATIVE MULTIPLE TOTAL
. SPECIES OF ABUNDANCE SIZE NUMBER.
OCCURRENCE CLASSES
(%) (%) PRESENT CAUGTIT
A WHITE SUCKER 76.9 ! 29.1 YES 432
B ,
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N CREEK CHUB 38.5 17.3 YES 257
D
A FATHEAD MINNOW 53.9 15.7 YES 233
N
T 15.1 YES 224
LONGNOsE DACE 26.9
C
0 LONGNOsE SUCKER 53.9 9.4 YES 140
M
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0 GREEN SUNFISH 34.6 1.4 YES 21
N
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N CHANNEL CATFISH 11.5 0.3 UNKNOWN 4
C
0
M
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0 BLACK BULLHEAD 3.9 0.1 NO 1
N .
I COMMON CARP 50.0 . 8.4 YES 125
N ,
T LARGEMOUTH BASS 38.5 i 1.8 UNKNOWN 26
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R YELLOW PERCH 23.1 ! 1.0 YES 15
0
D BLACK CRAPPIE 3.9 , 0.2 NO 3
U
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sMALLMOUTH BASS 3.9 , 0.1 NO 1
E
D WALLEYE_ 3.9 , 0.1 NO 1
TOTAL : 1483
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*These categones reflect abundance throughout the ,entire South Platte dramage.
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