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The Sacramento pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis), formerly known as the Sacramento squawfish, is a large cyprinid fish of California, United States. It is native to the Los Angeles River, Sacramento - San Joaquin, Pajaro - Salinas, Russian River, Clear Lake and upper Pit River river basins.
20 cze 2007 · Sacramento pikeminnows, formerly known as “squawfish”, are typically found in clear low to mid-elevation streams and rivers. Pikeminnows favor streams with deep pools and slow runs that have cover in the form of undercut banks or aquatic vegetation.
Pikeminnows, formerly squawfish, are cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus consisting of four species native to western North America.
The Sacramento pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis), formerly known as the Sacramento squawfish, is a large cyprinid fish of California, United States. It is native to the Los Angeles River, Sacramento-San Joaquin, Pajaro-Salinas, Russian River, Clear Lake and upper Pit River river basins.
Ptychocheilus grandis (Ayres, 1854) Common name: Sacramento Pikeminnow. Taxonomy: available through. Identification: Moyle (1976a); Page and Burr (1991). Size: 36 cm. Native Range: Clear Lake, Russian, Sacramento-San Joaquin, Pajaro-Salinas, and upper Pit River drainages, California (Page and Burr 1991).
The Northern pikeminnow, Columbia River dace or colloquially Squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) is a large member of the minnow family, Leuciscidae. [2] . This predatory freshwater fish is native to northwestern North America, ranging from the Nass River basin to the Columbia River basin. [2] .
Colorado Pikeminnow, formerly known as Colorado Squawfish, are extinct in California and absent from the lower Colorado River drainage which they historically occupied.
