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An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species. [1] Common Name Scientific Name Image Native Non-Native
California's Fish and Game Commission voted to consider listing white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, as a threatened species.
The list includes records of giant squid (genus Architeuthis) either supported by a physical specimen (or parts thereof) or—in the absence of any saved material—where at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: the specimen was examined by an expert prior to disposal and thereby positively identified as a giant squid; a ...
A group of friends exploring the waters off La Jolla Cove on Saturday came across a sea creature unlike anything they'd ever seen: a 12-foot-long rare fish from the depths of the ocean.
Jumbo flying squid Dosidicus gigas: Wild 950,630 Milkfish Chanos chanos: Cultivated 943,259 Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus: Wild 910,697 Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: Cultivated 855,982 Giant tiger prawn Asian tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon: Cultivated 855,055 Araucanian herring Clupea bentincki: Wild 848,466 Chinese razor clam Agemaki clam
It is a squid in the family Gonatidae, found most commonly in the northern Pacific Ocean from Japan to California. They are one of the most abundant cephalopods off the coast of California, mostly found at deeper depths, rising during the day most likely to feed. The mantle size of G. onyx has been known to reach up to 18 cm (7.1 in).
This decapod is commonly known as California freshwater shrimp, and is the only extant decapod shrimp in California that occurs in non-saline waters (its congener Syncaris pasadenae from the basin of the Los Angeles River is extinct). [6] [7] S. pacifica is one of only four members of the family Atyidae in North America. [7]
Anodonta californiensis, the California floater, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Description [ edit ]