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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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Colorado SquawfishEducational resources on Colorado SquawfishColorado Squawfish or Ptychocheilus lucius is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to D2. IUCN Profile of the Colorado Squawfish Endangered Fish on the Colorado Plateau Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) revised recovery plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, CO. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1993. cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/fishes.htm Endangered Species in Colorado Colorado (Ptychocheilus lucius) "Heeding requests from American Indian tribes, an international panel of biologists has officially changed the name of the Colorado squawfish to the www.colorado.edu/libraries/govpubs/species.htm Geomorphology and endangered fish habitats of the upper Colorado River Osmundson, D. B., and K. P. Burnham, Status and trends of the Colorado squawfish in the upper Colorado River, final report, U.S. Fish and Wildl. www.colorado.edu/geography/geomorph/envs_5810/pitlick_98.pdf TAXONOMY The Colorado squawfish is adapted to variable flows with high silt loads and high turbulence. This species uses a variety of microhabitats during its life history fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/lists/e256003.htm Threatened and Endangered Species on the Colorado Plateau Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) revised recovery plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, CO. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1993. cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/endangered_species.htm Endangered Species in the Sonoran Desert Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) Apache trout (Salmo apache) Gila trout (Salmo gilae) Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) National Science Education Standards met by this lesson: eebweb.arizona.edu/links/desert/EndangeredSpecies.htm E.P. Bergersen Resume Evaluation of an introduction of Colorado squawfish in a main stem reservoir on the White River, Colorado. Environmental Biology of Fishes 40(3):227-239. www.colostate.edu/depts/coopunit/ericB_vita.html Land Use History of Grand Canyon, Arizona (part 1 of 3) These include the Colorado squawfish, humpback chub, and bonytail chub. The park is also home to several species of endangered birds and a number of www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Places/grand_canyon.htm Diets of young Colorado squawfish and other small fish in backwaters ... Diets of young Colorado squawfish and other small fish in backwaters of the Green River, Colorado and Utah https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/wnan/index.php/wnan/article/viewArticle/553 Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management: Proceedings of a Symposium ... Colorado squawfish were familiar to all of the early canyon explorers. Stanton recorded "large" or"huge" fish caught in the Green and Colorado rivers (Smith and Crampton, 1987~. www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=1832&page=124
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