Warner sucker
Warner sucker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Catostomidae |
Genus: | Catostomus |
Species: | C. warnerensis
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Binomial name | |
Catostomus warnerensis Snyder, 1908
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The Warner sucker (Catostomus warnerensis) is a rare species of freshwater
Description
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Distribution
This fish is native to shallow lakes and associated marshes and intermittent lakes and creeks in the Warner Valley of Lake County, Oregon. It has been seen in Twelvemile Creek just over the border in Nevada[4] and West Barrel Creek within California state lines.[3] It was historically quite abundant in the valley.[4] There is only one metapopulation of the fish, made up of several subpopulations.[2] There are two morphs, one that lives in the lakes and one that stays in stream habitat past spawning time.[2] The lake-dwelling morph is generally larger in size. The stream morph may be the only one that is now experiencing recruitment.[3]
Status
Threats to the species include the many
Conservation efforts include the restoration of riparian vegetation and the construction of a fishway at a dam on a major creek. Individuals have been transplanted to Summer Lake Wildlife Management Area when they were threatened by drought conditions; these fish died but not before successfully reproducing in their new habitat.[3] Conservation activities in the area have been shown to benefit the Great Basin redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii) as well as the sucker.[4]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Catostomus warnerensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d USFWS. Catostomus warnerensis Five-year Review. August 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Williams, J. E. (1995). Threatened fishes of the world: Catostomus warnerensis Snyder, 1908 (Catostomidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 44(4) 346.
External links
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Catostomus warnerensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.