Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Rogue Ichthyologist: Diversity is Grand



Utah Fisherman can often be found regaling the story of the 24 inch hook jawed brown, or that very special arctic grayling that they had to travel and hike to get to.  The stories you do not here about is the 6 foot pikeminnow that dodged through Green river rapids before you could land it. Gene Bittler reports from long past "I pitched that green frog out there and this (Colorado pikeminnow) hit it, just about straight across, and he ran down that fast water, riffles, and took out about 200 feet of line before I turned him around," In addition he reported the many steaks cut off this beast to supply many meals for his family. Fishing has changed in Utah and the way you fish is as diverse as the many species that do and still exist. 

Utah fish species list:

ARCTIC GRAYLINGTHYMALLUS ARCTICUS
BEAR LAKE SCULPINCOTTUS EXTENSUS
BEAR LAKE WHITEFISHPROSOPIUM ABYSSICOLA
BLACK BULLHEADAMEIURUS MELAS
BLACK CRAPPIEPOMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS
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BLUEGILLLEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS
BLUEHEAD SUCKERCATOSTOMUS DISCOBOLUS
BONNEVILLE CISCOPROSOPIUM GEMMIFER
BONNEVILLE CUTTHROAT TROUTONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII UTAH
BONNEVILLE WHITEFISHPROSOPIUM SPILONOTUS
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BONYTAILGILA ELEGANS
BRASSY MINNOWHYBOGNATHUS HANKINSONI
BROOK STICKLEBACKCULAEA INCONSTANS
BROOK TROUTSALVELINUS FONTINALIS
BROWN TROUTSALMO TRUTTA
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BURBOTLOTA LOTA
CHANNEL CATFISHICTALURUS PUNCTATUS
COLORADO PIKEMINNOWPTYCHOCHEILUS LUCIUS
COLORADO RIVER CUTTHROAT TROUTONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII PLEURITICUS
COMMON CARPCYPRINUS CARPIO
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CREEK CHUBSEMOTILUS ATROMACULATUS
DESERT SUCKERCATOSTOMUS CLARKII
EMERALD SHINERNOTROPIS ATHERINOIDES
FATHEAD MINNOWPIMEPHALES PROMELAS
FLANNELMOUTH SUCKERCATOSTOMUS LATIPINNIS
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GIZZARD SHADDOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM
GOLDEN SHINERNOTEMIGONUS CRYSOLEUCAS
GOLDEN TROUTONCORHYNCHUS AGUABONITA
GOLDFISHCARASSIUS AURATUS
GRASS CARPCTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA
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GREEN SUNFISHLEPOMIS CYANELLUS
HUMPBACK CHUBGILA CYPHA
JAGUAR GUAPOTECICHLASOMA MANAGUENSE
JUNE SUCKERCHASMISTES LIORUS
LAHONTAN CUTTHROAT TROUTONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII HENSHAWI
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LAKE TROUTSALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH
LARGEMOUTH BASSMICROPTERUS SALMOIDES
LEAST CHUBIOTICHTHYS PHLEGETHONTIS
LEATHERSIDE CHUBGILA COPEI
LOGPERCHPERCINA CAPRODES
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LONGNOSE DACERHINICHTHYS CATARACTAE
MOTTLED SCULPINCOTTUS BAIRDII
MOUNTAIN SUCKERCATOSTOMUS PLATYRHYNCHUS
MOUNTAIN WHITEFISHPROSOPIUM WILLIAMSONI
NORTHERN PIKEESOX LUCIUS
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PAIUTE SCULPINCOTTUS BELDINGII
PLAINS KILLIFISHFUNDULUS ZEBRINUS
PLAINS MINNOWHYBOGNATHUS PLACITUS
PUMPKINSEEDLEPOMIS GIBBOSUS
RAINBOW TROUTONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS
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RAINWATER KILLIFISHLUCANIA PARVA
RAZORBACK SUCKERXYRAUCHEN TEXANUS
RED SHINERCYPRINELLA LUTRENSIS
REDSIDE SHINERRICHARDSONIUS BALTEATUS
ROUNDTAIL CHUBGILA ROBUSTA
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SACRAMENTO PERCHARCHOPLITES INTERRUPTUS
SAND SHINERNOTROPIS STRAMINEUS
SMALLMOUTH BASSMICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU
SOCKEYE SALMON (KOKANEE)ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA
SPECKLED DACERHINICHTHYS OSCULUS
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SPLAKESALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH X S. FONTINALIS
SPOTTAIL SHINERNOTROPIS HUDSONIUS
STRIPED BASSMORONE SAXATILIS
THREADFIN SHADDOROSOMA PETENENSE
TIGER MUSKIEESOX LUCIUS X E. MASQUINONGY
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TIGER TROUTSALMO TRUTTA X SALVELINUS FONTINALIS
TROUT-PERCHPERCOPSIS OMISCOMAYCUS
UTAH CHUBGILA ATRARIA
UTAH LAKE SCULPINCOTTUS ECHINATUS
UTAH SUCKERCATOSTOMUS ARDENS
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VIRGIN CHUBGILA SEMINUDA
VIRGIN SPINEDACELEPIDOMEDA MOLLISPINIS
WALLEYESANDER VITREUS
WESTERN MOSQUITOFISHGAMBUSIA AFFINIS
WHITE BASSMORONE CHRYSOPS
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WHITE CRAPPIEPOMOXIS ANNULARIS
WHITE SUCKERCATOSTOMUS COMMERSONII
WIPERMORONE CHRYSOPS X M. SAXTILIS
WOUNDFINPLAGOPTERUS ARGENTISSIMUS
YELLOW BULLHEADAMEIURUS NATALIS
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YELLOW PERCHPERCA FLAVESCENS
YELLOWSTONE CUTTHROAT TROUTONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII BOUVIERI

Including scooping up a few Western Mosquitofish my list is fairly extensive. However,  when I look at this list I can see that my work is long but finished.


























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