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Woundfin

Educational resources on Woundfin

Woundfin or Plagopterus argentissimus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to D2. IUCN Profile of the Woundfin

Academic web links for the Woundfin.


Rare Fish Released In Virgin River
The woundfin released Thursday came from the Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center in Dexter, N.M., which is operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/woundfin2009.html

CalPhotos
Number of matches: 1 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and match(namesoup) against('"WOUNDFIN"' IN BOOLEAN MODE) and lifeform = "Fish" ORDER BY taxon
calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE&query_src=photos_fauna_com-Fish&where...

Endangered Fish on the Colorado Plateau
The endangered woundfin and water management in the Virgin River, Utah, Arizona, Nevada. Fisheries 13: 18-24. Deacon, J. E. and Sada, D. W. 1994.
cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/fishes.htm

Endangered Fish Released Into Virgin River
The chub and woundfin are listed as endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which delivered the fish from the agency's Dexter National Fish Hatchery and
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/woundfin2008.html

Endangered Species in the Sonoran Desert
Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis) Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis) Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius)
eebweb.arizona.edu/links/desert/EndangeredSpecies.htm

Threatened and Endangered Species on the Colorado Plateau
The endangered woundfin and water management in the Virgin River, Utah, Arizona, Nevada. Fisheries 13: 18-24. Dickinson, V. M., Duck, T., Schwalbe, C. R. and Jarchow, J. L
cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/endangered_species.htm

Land Use History of the Colorado Plateau-The Arizona Strip (part 1 of ...
The Virgin River supports dwindling numbers of native fish such as Virgin River dace, woundfin, round-tailed chub, and Gila mountain-sucker.
cpluhna.nau.edu/Places/arizona_strip.htm

Reintroduction of Native Species on the Colorado Plateau
Reintroducing the natives: Colorado squawfish and woundfin. Pp. 118-124 In: Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council. XVI-XVIII. Desert Fishes Council, Bishop, CA.
cpluhna.nau.edu/Change/reintroduction.htm

Economics and the Endangered Species Act
Opportunity costs have also been estimated for critical habitat designation in the Virgin River basin for the woundfin, Virgin River chub, and Virgin spinedace, and in the Colorado
www.umich.edu/~esupdate/library/97.01-02/shogren.html

Biologists Release 3,000 Endangered Fish In River
LAVERKIN — Biologists released 3,000 endangered woundfin into the Virgin River as part of an effort to reintroduce the rare fish. The Thursday release was the second one this
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews/virginriver2009.html







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