Tag: Blog Series: Resilient California Fishes
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Resilient California Fishes: Sacramento Pikeminnow
By Peter B. Moyle and Thomas L. Taylor . . . The fresh waters of California support a diverse, highly endemic fish fauna. Many of them are on extinction trajectories. In this “Resilient California Fishes” blog series, we discuss native species that have sufficient resiliency to keep populations large and sustainable, even in highly altered…
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Resilient California Fishes: Tule Perch
By Peter B. Moyle and Tom L. Taylor . . . This is the second blog in a series on native California fishes that seem to be doing well despite multiple threats. They are still common and widely distributed, despite major changes to their habitats. The Tule Perch (Hysterocarpaus traskii) is an interesting species to…
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Resilient California Fishes: Sacramento Sucker
By Peter Moyle and Tom Taylor ____________________ The fresh waters of California support a diverse native fish fauna, 130 taxa by our count (Leidy and Moyle 2021). At least 56 of these taxa are on trajectories towards extinction 7 are already extinct; 32 are listed as threatened or endangered by state and federal agencies. Not…