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Not native to Colorado. The largemouth bass resides in shallow water habitats such as reeds, water lilies, and other vegetation. Largemouth bass prefer no current and clear water lakes and ponds. Bass will feed on minnows, carp, trout, crawfish and any other species of fish that is available, even their own.
The cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus sp.) is a group of four fish species [4][5] of the family Salmonidae native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean, Rocky Mountains, and Great Basin in North America. These four species are the Coastal (O. clarkii), Westslope (O. lewisi), Lahontan (O. henshawi), and the Rocky Mountain (O. virginalis).
The Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius, formerly squawfish) is the largest cyprinid fish of North America and one of the largest in the world, with reports of individuals up to 6 ft (1.8 m) long [3] and weighing over 100 pounds (45 kg). [citation needed] Native to the Colorado River Basin of the southwestern United States and adjacent ...
The Rocky Mountain cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus virginalis), formerly lumped in with the cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) [2][3][4][5][6] as one species with multiple subspecies, is a fish species of the family Salmonidae native to cold-water tributaries of the northern [7] and southern [8] Rocky Mountains, as well as into portions of ...
The greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias) is the easternmost subspecies of cutthroat trout. The greenback cutthroat, once widespread in the Arkansas and South Platte River drainages of Eastern Colorado and Southeast Wyoming, today occupies less than 1% of its historical range. It is currently listed as threatened under the ...
The humpback chub (Gila cypha) is a federally protected fish that lived originally in fast waters of the Colorado River system in the United States.This species takes its name from the prominent hump between the head and dorsal fin, which is thought to direct the flow of water over the body and help maintain body position in the swift currents of the Colorado river.
In Colorado, there is a total of 18 hatcheries raising 30+ species of fish which Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) operate. Twelve of these hatcheries are cold water facilities, two are warm water facilities, two are cold and warm water, and two are USFWS hatcheries. [3]
Linnaeus, 1758. Range of northern pike as traditionally defined (including populations now often regarded as separate species: Amur, Aquitanian, and southern pikes) The northern pike (Esox lucius) is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox (pikes). They are commonly found in moderately salty and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere ...