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The list includes several anadromous species, and two normally marine species (starry flounder and shiner perch) that are occasionally found in freshwater. Only one species ( Olympic mudminnow ) is a Washington endemic , however three others ( Nooksack dace , Salish sucker, and margined sculpin ) have very limited distributions outside the state.
The Beardslee trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus f. beardsleei) is a local form of rainbow trout endemic to Lake Crescent in the Pacific north-western US state of Washington. Some sources treat them as a subspecies. Known to locals as "bluebacks", Beardslee trout are found nowhere else, and spawn in the Lyre River, near the
Beardslee trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus var. beardsleei) Pink (Humpback) salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Coho (Silver) salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Chinook (King) salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) Westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi)
Brook trout (fresh water) Salvelinus fontinalis: 2011 [66] Striped bass (salt water) Morone saxatilis: Washington: Steelhead trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss: 1969 [67] West Virginia: Brook trout: Salvelinus fontinalis: 1973 [68] Wisconsin: Muskellunge: Esox masquinongy: 1955 [69] Wyoming: Cutthroat trout: Oncorhynchus clarkii: 1987 [70]
Within Washington state a number of lakes in the Olympic and Cascade Mountains have been stocked since the early 20th century. Prior to the existence of a state wildlife management agency, the U.S. Forest Service stocked mountain lakes with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) , cutthroat trout (Oncohynchus clarki) and eastern brook trout ...
However, in the early 1980s a small cutthroat population was found in the Lyre River that spawns further downstream than the native rainbow trout. Today the cutthroat of Barnes Creek have been hybridized with introduced rainbow into cutbows, but Crescenti cutthroat trout persist in the Lyre River as a genetically pure population (Behnke 1992 ...
The Elwha is one of several rivers in the Pacific Northwest that hosts all five species of native Pacific salmon (chinook, coho, chum, sockeye, and pink salmon), plus four anadromous trout species (steelhead, coastal cutthroat trout, bull trout, and Dolly Varden char). From 1911 to 2014, dams blocked fish passage on the lower Elwha River.
Many cold and warm-water non-native fish species have been introduced into the river basin. The non-native fish species listed by Washington Department of Ecology are brook trout, brown trout, grass pickerel, pumpkinseed, green sunfish, largemouth bass, tench, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch. [3]