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Arizona Native Fishes
The native fishes of Arizona are the species of freshwater fish that are found naturally among the inland waterways of Arizona, United States. Habitats of Arizona fishes Arizona is known to have climate ranging from dry and hot at lower elevations to cold weather on the high mountains. Since water in the state is influenced by the climate, the habitats of Arizona native fishes are diverse. Most habitats for these fishes consist of flowing streams among the inland waterways of Arizona. The state is mostly drained by the Colorado River and its tributary, with the main tributaries being the Gila River, the basin of the Little Colorado River, For thousands of years, Arizona's native fishes have adapted to life in habitats ranging from small springs to the raging torrents of the Colorado River. Their ability to adjust to periods of drought and flash floods is truly a marvel of nature and has been the key to their survival. Unfortunately, native fishes have not done as well adapti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north, Colorado to the northeast, and New Mexico to the east; its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest, California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase. Southern Arizona is known for its desert cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catostomus Insignis
The Sonora Sucker (Gila Sucker), ''Catostomus insignis'', is a medium-sized catostomid fish with 16 other species in the genus scattered throughout North America. This species is remarkably similar in appearance to the Yaqui Sucker The Yaqui sucker (''Catostomus bernardini'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. It is found the Aridoamerica region of northern Mexico and south-western United States. ''Catostomus bernardini'' or Yaqui sucker belongs to ... (''C. bernardini''). Description Sonora suckers have a fusiform body, with large heads and chubby figures. They have generally large lower lips, with no fleshy lobes. Sonora suckers have unique square dorsal fins, and relatively large scales (but fewer than most fish in the genus ''Catostomus''). Their coloration is distinctly bi-colored, with a yellow underside and brownish dorsal side. Each scale has discrete outlines to form a definite spot. Adults can reach a length of 80 cm (31.5 in), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila Nigra
The headwater chub (''Gila nigra'') is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Arizona and New Mexico. Description The body of the headwater chub is thick and chunky to streamlined but not markedly attenuate. The maximum size of the male fish is about 50 cm females are about 10–18 cm total length. The coloration of the fish is dark olive-gray or brown above, with a silver side, and white below. The longitudinal stripes are often diffuse, and are rarely with dark dorsal-lateral blotches. The caudal peduncle is not pencil-like, its length is less than its head length; the fins are small to moderate in size, sometimes convex, and are rarely curved, with inter-radial membranes of fins variously pigmented. Scales are developed and cover the entire body, with the basal radii variable. There are 73-83 lateral scales, with usually 8 dorsal and anal fin rays, and rarely 7 or 9 fin rays.Minckley, W.L. and B.D. DeMarais, 2000. ''Taxonomy of Chubs (Teleostei, Cyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila Intermedia
The Gila chub (''Gila intermedia'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States. The Gila chub is closely related to the roundtail chub.Rinne, J.N. 1969. ''Cyprinid fishes of the genus Gila from the lower Colorado River basin''. Masters thesis, Arizona State University, Tempe. This species is commonly found in association with the Gila topminnow, the desert and Sonora sucker, and the longfin and speckled dace. Description The Gila chub has a large, chubby body, with large, thick scales. The body is dark overall, and sometimes is lighter on the belly. In larger females, a soft, fat, and broad hump sometimes develops on the nape of the neck. Mature, breeding males have a red or orange color on the lower cheek, back parts of the lips, and on parts of the fin. This coloration can also be found on the male's caudal peduncle (tail side).Minckley, W.L. 1973. ''Fishes of Arizona.'' Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix. pp. 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila Elegans
The bonytail chub or bonytail (''Gila elegans'') is a cyprinid freshwater fish native to the Colorado River basin of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming in the southwestern United States; it has been extirpated from the part of the basin in Mexico. It was once abundant and widespread in the basin, its numbers and range have declined to the point where it has been listed as endangered since 1980 (ESA) and 1986 (IUCN), a fate shared by the other large Colorado basin endemic fish species like the Colorado pikeminnow, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. It is now the rarest of the endemic big-river fishes of the Colorado River. There are 20 species in the genus '' Gila'', seven of which are found in Arizona. Description A bonytail chub can grow to long. Like many other desert fishes, its coloring tends to be darker above and lighter below, serving as a camouflage. Breeding males have red fin bases. They have a streamlined body and a terminal mouth. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila Ditaenia
The Sonora chub (''Gila ditaenia'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States.Miller, R.R. 1945. A new cyprinid fish from southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, with a description of a new subgenus of Gila and a review of related species. Copeia 1945:104-110. Description ''Gila ditaenia'', the ''Sonora chub'' is one of seven species of chub native to Arizona. This particular species is one of the smaller species of ''chub'', rarely exceeding 200 millimeters in length. Most specimens in the United States never even exceed 125 millimeters. The Sonora chub's body is typically very chubby, hence its name, with fusiform and terete implications in some species. Sonora chubs can be distinguished if one notices the unusually small scales. There are 63 to 75 scales in a lateral line. They have eight fin rays on their dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins with some variation between seven or nine. Their pharyngeal teeth can also distingui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila Cypha
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. The body is almost entirely scaleless, retaining only about 80 mid-lateral scales along the lateral line. The fish is very streamlined, with a thin caudal peduncle and a deeply forked tail. The back is a light olive gray, the sides silver, and the belly white. The dorsal fin usually has nine rays, and the anal fin 10 or more. Maximum recorded length is 38 cm. The humpback chub mostly consumes invertebrates and, to a lesser extent, other fish. They feed at all levels from the bottom to the surface. The species spawns from April through June, at water temperatures of 19-21 °C. The males develop nuptial tube ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elops Affinis
The Pacific ladyfish (''Elops affinis''), also known as the Pacific tenpounder and Machete, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Elops'', the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae. The Pacific ladyfish can be found throughout the southwest U.S. and other areas in the Pacific Ocean.Battaso, R. H. and J. N. Young. (1999). Evidence for freshwater spawning by striped mullet and return of Pacific tenpounder in the lower Colorado River. California Fish & Game. 85(2): pp 75-76.Forey, P. L. (1973). A revision of the elopiform fishes, fossil and recent. ''Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History'' (Geology) Supplement 10. pp. 222.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Editors. 2002''Elops affinis''.FishBase. 24 September 2002.Nelson, J. S. ''Fishes of the World''. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. 1994. pp. 99, 100. Description The Pacific ladyfish have very round bodies with terminal mouths, and profound gill formations known as pseudobranchiae. They have a larger number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinodon Macularius
''Cyprinodon'' is a genus of pupfishes found in waters that range from fresh to hypersaline. The genus is primarily found in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and southern United States (Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas), but ''C. variegatus'' occurs as far north as Massachusetts and along the entire Gulf of Mexico coastline, and ''C. dearborni '' and ''C. variegatus'' are found in northern South America.Martin, C. H., and P. C. Wainwright (2013). ''Multiple Fitness Peaks on the Adaptive Landscape Drive Adaptive Radiation in the Wild.'' Science 339(6116): 208-211. Many species have tiny ranges and are highly threatened, in some cases already extinct. ''Cyprinodon'' are small; the largest reaches in length and most other species only reach about half that size. Distribution and habitat A few ''Cyprinodon'' species have quite large ranges, notably '' C. variegatus'', but the vast majority have small ranges, typically restricted to one or two Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinodon Eremus
''Cyprinodon'' is a genus of pupfishes found in waters that range from fresh to hypersaline. The genus is primarily found in Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and southern United States (Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas), but ''C. variegatus'' occurs as far north as Massachusetts and along the entire Gulf of Mexico coastline, and ''C. dearborni '' and ''C. variegatus'' are found in northern South America.Martin, C. H., and P. C. Wainwright (2013). ''Multiple Fitness Peaks on the Adaptive Landscape Drive Adaptive Radiation in the Wild.'' Science 339(6116): 208-211. Many species have tiny ranges and are highly threatened, in some cases already extinct. ''Cyprinodon'' are small; the largest reaches in length and most other species only reach about half that size. Distribution and habitat A few ''Cyprinodon'' species have quite large ranges, notably '' C. variegatus'', but the vast majority have small ranges, typically restricted to one or two Mexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprinodon Arcuatus
''Cyprinodon arcuatus'' (Santa Cruz pupfish) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinodontidae. It was endemic to the Santa Cruz River in Arizona. It has been declared extinct as of 2011. Description The Santa Cruz pupfish exhibited sexual dimorphism Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the sexes of the same animal and/or plant species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most ani ... in size, with males averaging 37mm (1.46in) in length and females averaging 32mm (1.26in) in length. Coloration in breeding males was dark green to black with alternating stripes of light and dark. Female and non-breeding males were reported to have clear fins except for a black dorsal fin. ''C. arcuatus'' is differentiated from other '' Cyprinodon '' species by a highly convex dorsal body and concave post-dorsal body, as well a lack of orange or yellow in breeding males' fins. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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