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Lahontan cutthroat trout (LCT) is the only trout species native to Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe and the Truckee River Basin but were extirpated by introduction of predatory non-native lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), other competing non-native salmonids, and overfishing. Re-introduction into Fallen Leaf Lake of the Pilot Peak strain of ...
Lake Tahoe (/ ˈ t ɑː h oʊ /; Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, [4] and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United ...
The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada.The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. [3] [6] The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin.
Common Name Scientific Name Image Native Non-Native Notes Pacific Lamprey: Lampetra tridentata: River Lamprey: Lampetra ayresl: Pit-Klamath Brook Lamprey: Lampetra lethophaga
Lake Trout tend to feed on a multitude of different species, including sculpins, Cladocera, and suckers. As the weight of Lake Trout increases they tend to primarily feed on the Tahoe Sucker, as Tahoe Suckers comprise the greatest proportion of food items found within the stomach of Lake Trout larger than 19.9 inches. [ 8 ]
Clear Lake (Pomo: Lypoyomi) [2] [3] is a natural freshwater lake in Lake County in the U.S. state of California, north of Napa County and San Francisco. It is the largest natural freshwater lake wholly within the state, with 68 square miles (180 km 2) of surface area. (Lake Tahoe is partially in Nevada.) [4] It has an age of nearly 500,000 years.
Nevada has 48 species of fish living in its 600 rivers and more than 200 lakes. [13] Large lakes with several species of fish include for instance Pyramid Lake, Lake Tahoe, Lake Mead, Lake Mohave, Franklin Lake and Walker Lake. At least 12 of Nevada's fishes are endemic to Nevada waters – they occur here and exist nowhere else in the world.
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