Llista de peixos del riu Colorado

Gambusia affinis

Gila elegans

Lepomis cyanellus

Ameiurus melas

Cyprinus carpio carpio

Lepomis humilis

Gila cypha

Ictalurus punctatus

Micropterus salmoides

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Oreochromis aureus

Pimephales promelas

Lepomis gulosus

Ptychocheilus lucius

Salvelinus fontinalis

Lepomis macrochirus

Aquesta llista de peixos del riu Colorado inclou les 56 espècies de peixos que es poden trobar al riu Colorado ordenades per l'ordre alfabètic de llur nom científic.

A

• Agosia chrysogaster
• Alosa chrysochloris
• Ameiurus melas
• Amia calva
• Aphredoderus sayanus

C

• Catostomus catostomus catostomus
• Catostomus clarkii
• Catostomus insignis
• Catostomus latipinnis
• Catostomus platyrhynchus
• Couesius plumbeus
• Cyprinella lutrensis
• Cyprinodon macularius
• Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis
• Cyprinus carpio carpio

D

• Dionda episcopa
• Dionda nigrotaeniata

E

• Etheostoma chlorosoma
• Etheostoma lepidum
• Etheostoma nigrum

F

• Fundulus kansae
• Fundulus zebrinus

G

• Gambusia affinis
• Gila cypha
• Gila elegans
• Gila robusta

H

• Hybognathus placitus

I

• Ictalurus punctatus

L

• Lepidomeda mollispinis
• Lepomis cyanellus
• Lepomis gulosus
• Lepomis humilis
• Lepomis macrochirus
• Lepomis symmetricus

M

• Macrhybopsis marconis
• Micropterus salmoides
• Micropterus treculii
• Minytrema melanops

N

• Notropis amabilis
• Notropis buccula
• Notropis potteri
• Notropis shumardi

O

• Oncorhynchus apache
• Oncorhynchus mykiss
• Oreochromis aureus

P

• Percina carbonaria
• Phenacobius mirabilis
• Pimephales promelas
• Plagopterus argentissimus
• Poeciliopsis occidentalis
• Ptychocheilus lucius
• Ptychocheilus oregonensis

R

• Rhinichthys osculus
• Richardsonius balteatus

S

• Salvelinus fontinalis

X

• Xyrauchen texanus

Bibliografia

• Douglas, M. E., W. L. Minckley i H. M. Tyus, 1989: Qualitative characters, identification of Colorado River chubs (Cyprinidae: genus Gila) and the "art of seeing well.". Copeia 1989 (núm. 3): 653-662.
• Douglas, M. E., M. R. Douglas, J. M. Lynch i D. M. McElroy, 2001: Use of geometric morphometrics to differentiate Gila (Cyprinidae) within the upper Colorado River basin. Copeia 2001 (núm. 2): 389-400.
• Gilbert, C. H. i N. B. Scofield, 1898: Notes on a collection of fishes from the Colorado Basin in Arizona. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 20 (núm. 1131): 487-499, Pls. 36-39.
• Hepworth, D. K., M. J. Ottenbacher i C. D. Chamberlain, 2001: Occurrence of native Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkei pleuriticus) in the Escalante River drainage, Utah. Western North American Naturalist v. 61 Núm.2: 129-138.
• Kaeding, L. R., B. D. Burdick, P. A. Schrader i W. R. Noonan, 1986: Recent capture of a bonytail (Gila elegans) and observations on this nearly extinct cyprinid from the Colorado River. Copeia 1986 (núm. 4): 1021-1023.
• Lockington, W. N., 1880: Description of a new species of Catostomus (Catostomus cypho) from the Colorado river. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 32: 237-240.
• McElroy, D. M. i M. E. Douglas, 1995: Patterns of morphological variation among endangered populations of Gila robusta and Gila cypha (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the upper Colorado River Basin. Copeia 1995 (núm. 3): 636-649.
• Miller, R. R., 1946: Gila cypha, a remarkable new species of cyprinid fish from the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 36 (núm. 12): 409-415.
• Miller, R. R. i C. L. Hubbs, 1960: The spiny-rayed cyprinid fishes (Plagopterini) of the Colorado River system. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan Núm. 115: 1-39, Pls. 1-3.
• Ruiz-Campos, G., 1995: First occurernce of the yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis, in the lower Colorado River, Baja California, Mexico. California Fish and Game v. 81 (núm. 2): 80-81.
• Suttkus, R. D. i G. H. Clemmer, 1977: The humpback chub, Gila cypha, in the Grand Canyon area of the Colorado River. Occasional Papers Tulane University Museum of Natural History, núm. 1: 1-30.
• Tibbets, C. A., A. C. Weibel i T. E. Dowling, 2001: Population genetics of Lepidomeda vittata, the little Colorado River spinedace. Copeia 2001 (núm. 3): 813-819.

Enllaços externs

• Colorado Fishing Network (anglès)