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Moyle, P.B. 1976. Inland Fishes of California. :405 pp.

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AuthorMoyle, P.B.
Date1976
TitleInland Fishes of California.
Journal
PublisherUniversity of California Press. Berkeley, CA.
Vol
Issue
Pages405 pp.
URL
Key wordsCalifornia fishes

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Acanthogobius flavimanus
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Delta-Mendota Canal [E of Monterey Bay]
     CA - San Luis Reservoir
     CA - throughout the Delta from Elkhorn Slough to Tomales Bay
Alosa sapidissima
     CA - lower Klamath
     CA - Central Valley
     CA - Coast of Sacramento River drainage
     CA - Sacramento River
     CA - Sacramento River
     CA - San Pedro, CA north to Alaska
     CA - Sacramento River to Red Bluff and in the lower reaches of the main tributaries (particularly the American, Feather and Yuba Rivers), as well as the Mokelumne and Stanislaus Rivers
     CA - lower reaches of the American River
     CA - lower reaches of the Feather River
     CA - lower reaches of the Yuba River
     CA - Mokelumne River
     CA - Stanislaus River
     CA - south Delta, sloughs
     CA - San Joaquin River
     CA - Klamath River
     CA - Russian River
     CA - Eel River in northern CA
     CA - Millerton Lake on San Joaquin River
     CA - Millerton Lake on San Joaquin River
     OR - whole coast of OR
     OR - whole coast of OR
     OR - Columbia River
     WA - coastal waters
     WA - Columbia River
Ameiurus catus
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - San Joaquin River near Stockton
     CA - Clear Lake
     NV - non-specific
Ameiurus melas
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - non-specific
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Sacramento River Delta
Ameiurus natalis
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Lost River
     CA - a few reservoirs in southern CA
     CA - Sacramento River Delta
     CA - Sacramento River Delta
Ameiurus nebulosus
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Goose Lake drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - non-specific
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Archoplites interruptus
     CA - Russian River
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - Owens
     CA - San Luis Reservoir
     CA - Clear Lake Reservoir
     CA - Crowley Lake
     CA - Lake Almanor, Plumas County
     CA - Blue Lakes
     CO - alkaline lakes
     ND - non-specific
     NE - non-specific; alkaline lakes
     NV - non-specific
     NV - Pyramid Lake
     NV - Walker Lake
     SD - non-specific
     UT - alkaline lakes
Carassius auratus
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Mono Lake drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Amargosa drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - southern CA reservoirs
     CA - canals and sloughs of Central Valley drainage
Catostomus fumeiventris
     CA - June Lake, in Mono Lake drainage
     CA - Santa Clara drainage
     CA - Owens Valley native fish sanctuary
Catostomus occidentalis
     CA - upper Klamath River
Catostomus santaanae
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - Santa Clara River
Catostomus tahoensis
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - upper reaches of the Feather River, Sacramento system
     CA - upper reaches of the Rubicon River, Sacramento system
Cynolebias bellottii
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - experimental ponds on the University of California, Riverside campus
Cyprinella lutrensis
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Salton Sea, freshwater ditches nearby
     CA - Colorado River
     CA - Colorado River
     NV - Moapa (Muddy) River
Cyprinodon nevadensis
     CA - Mojave drainage
Cyprinus carpio
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Pajaro River drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Sonoma Valley, pond
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Dorosoma petenense
     AZ - non-specific
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Lake Havasu
     CA - San Vicente Reservoir
     CA - warmwater reservoirs throghout the state
     CA - Long Beach to Humboldt Bay, in saltwater
     HI - non-specific
     KY - non-specific
     NV - non-specific
     OH - non-specific
     VA - non-specific
     WV - non-specific
Gambusia affinis
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Death Valley drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - non-specific
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Gasterosteus aculeatus
     CA - Mono Lake drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - Big Bear Lake (near Big Bear City)
Gasterosteus aculeatus
     CA - Mojave River
Gila bicolor
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Sacramento River reservoirs
     CA - Lake Alamanor, Plumas County
Gila bicolor
     CA - Crowley Lake
Gila bicolor
     CA - Owens Valley native fish sanctuary
Gila orcuttii
     CA - Cuyama River
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
Gillichthys mirabilis
     CA - Salton Sea
Hesperoleucus symmetricus
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - Cuyama River
     CA - Cuyama River
     CA - Eel River in northern CA
Hypomesus nipponensis
     CA - Dodge Reservoir
     CA - Dwinnell Reservoir (=Lake Shastina)
     CA - Big Bear Lake (near Big Bear City)
     CA - Freshwater Lagoon
     CA - Spaulding Reservoir
     CA - Sly Park Reservoir (Jenkinson Lake)
     CA - Lake Shastina Reservoir (=Dwinnell Reservoir)
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Sacramento drainage
Hysterocarpus traskii
     CA - San Luis Reservoir, O'Neill Forebay
     CA - Los Banos Creek Reservoir
Ictalurus furcatus
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - Sutherland Reservoir on the Santa Ysabel River
     CA - El Capitan Reservoir, San Diego County
     CA - San Vicente Reservoir
     CA - Santee lake chain (near Santee?, E of San Diego)
     CA - Lake Jennings, near San Diego
Ictalurus punctatus
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - Sacramento drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Sacramento drainage
     CA - Colorado River
     CA - Clear Lake
Ictiobus cyprinellus
     CA - at least 11 reservoirs in the Los Angles aquaduct system
     CA - at least 11 reservoirs in the Los Angles aquaduct system
Lepomis cyanellus
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Goose Lake drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - non-specific
     CA - San Joaquin Valley
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Lepomis gibbosus
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - reservoirs and backwaters of the Klamath River
     CA - reservoirs and backwaters of the Lost River
     CA - Honey Lake
     CA - Susan River (in southern part of county)
     CA - Big Bear Lake (near Big Bear City)
     CA - Lahontan drainage
Lepomis gulosus
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Colorado River
     CA - southern California
     CA - Central Valley floor and in a few reservoirs at higher elevations
     CA - Bass Lake (near Wishon)
     CA - Colorado River
Lepomis macrochirus
     CA - non-specific
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Lepomis microlophus
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Colorado River
     CA - Clear Lake
Lucania parva
     CA - Irvine Lake
     CA - streams tributary to San Francisco Bay
     CA - Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA
     OR - Yaquina Bay [Newport, OR]
     UT - non-specific; springs
Menidia beryllina
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - Clear Creek
     CA - private ponds above Lake Berryessa
     CA - Del Valle Reservoir
     CA - Putah Lake, connected to Clear Lake by irrigation ditches
     CA - Alameda County, small isolated lakes
     CA - Santa Clara County, small isolated lakes
     CA - Lexington Reservoir
     CA - large pool on the Cache Creek near Capay, about 25 miles upstream from the Sacramento River and about 55 miles downstream from Clear Lake
     CA - Anderson Reservoir, on Coyote Creek
     CA - Blue Lakes
Micropterus coosae
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Alder Creek, tributary of Sacramento S of Folsom Lake
     CA - Stanislaus River
     CA - Dry Creek
     CA - Santa Ana River
     CA - Sisquoc River
     CA - Santa Margarita River
Micropterus dolomieu
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Sacramento drainage
     CA - Russian River
     CA - Sacramento drainage, in most of the larger streams
     CA - southern CA
     CA - Pine Flat Reservoir
     CA - Millerton Lake on San Joaquin River
     CA - Folsom Reservoir
     CA - Merced River
     CA - Stanislaus River
     CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Micropterus punctulatus
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - non-specific
     CA - foothill streams of the lower Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
     CA - Consumnes River
     CA - Feather River, especially in Oroville Reservoir
Micropterus punctulatus
     CA - Perris Reservoir (near Perris)
Micropterus salmoides
     CA - non-specific
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mohave drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
     CA - L.A. Basin
Morone chrysops
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Colorado River
     CA - Nacimiento Reservoir
     CA - Nacimiento Reservoir
Morone saxatilis
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin rivers and estuary
     CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary
     CA - lower Russian River
     CA - lower Klamath River
     CA - Millerton Lake on San Joaquin River
     CA - Millerton Lake on San Joaquin River
     CA - San Luis Reservoir
     CA - lower Colorado River
     OR - lower Coos River and estuary
     OR - lower Umpaqua River and estuary
     OR - lower Coquilla River and estuary
Notemigonus crysoleucas
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Salton Sea
     CA - Sacramento drainage
     CA - Colorado River
     CA - upper Pit River in Big Valley, swampy areas
     CA - Clear Lake
Oncorhynchus aguabonita
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Mono Lake drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - streams in Fresno County
Oncorhynchus clarkii
     CA - Mono Lake drainage
     CA - Death Valley drainage
     CA - Silver King Creek
     CA - Delaney Creek
     CA - Cottonwood Creek (in SW part of County)
Oncorhynchus kisutch
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Sacramento River
     CA - Sacramento River
     CA - Sacramento River
     CA - Sacramento River
     CA - Lake Berryessa
Oncorhynchus mykiss
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Death Valley drainage
     CA - Colorado River
Oncorhynchus nerka
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - Salt Springs Reservoir on the Mokelumne River
     CA - Tahoe region lakes
     CA - Shasta Reservoir
     CA - Trinity Reservoir
Oreochromis mossambicus
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - irrigation systems of Imperial, Palo Verde and Bard valleys
     CA - irrigation systems of Imperial, Palo Verde and Bard valleys
     CA - lower Colorado River near the Mexican border
     CA - San Diego
     CA - irrigation systems in the Imperial Valley
     CA - irrigation systems in the Bard Valley
     CA - irrigation systems in the Palo Verde Valley
Orthodon microlepidotus
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - Russian River Reservoir on the Carmel River in southern CA
     NV - Truckee Meadows area near Reno
Perca flavescens
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Copco Lake on the Klamath River
     CA - Klamath River
     CA - southern CA reservoirs
     CA - Sacramento River
     CA - Sacramento River
Percina macrolepida
     CA - San Joaquin drainage (as far south as Mendota)
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Beale Air Force Base
     CA - Yuba River
     CA - sloughs of the lower Sacramento River and Delta; as far south in the San Joaquin Valley as Mendota
Pimephales promelas
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro River drainage
     CA - Colorado River
     CA - Los Banos Creek in San Joaquin Valley
     CA - Ulatis Creek in San Joaquin Valley
Platichthys stellatus
     CA - San Luis Reservoir
     CA - San Luis Reservoir, O'Neill Forebay
Poecilia latipinna
     CA - Salton Sea
     CA - canals around Salton Sea
     CA - ponds and canals in Southern CA
     CA - springs of Death Valley
     NV - springs of Death Valley
Poecilia mexicana
     CA - Salton Sea, freshwater ditches nearby
Poecilia reticulata
     CA - L.A. Basin
     MT - warm springs (probably Ruby drainage in Madison County, where all the other livebearers are)
Pomoxis annularis
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - San Diego County
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - north of the Tehachapi Mountains
     CA - reservoirs and sloughs of the Sacramento drainage
     CA - Sacramento Delta, sloughs
     CA - Sacramento River, sloughs
     CA - Clear Lake
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Clear Lake drainage
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Clear Lake
     CA - non-specific
Pylodictis olivaris
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
Rhinichthys osculus
     CA - San Luis Obispo Creek (goes through San Luis Obispo)
Richardsonius egregius
     CA - Sacramento drainage
     CA - Mill Creek at the headwaters of the Rubicon River
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Bucks Lake, which drains the north fork of the Feather River
     CA - Warner Creek, a tributary of the north fork of the Feather River
Rivulus hartii
     CA - Hot Mineral Spa, a small ditch flowing into the Salton Sea that once drained a now defunct tropical fish farm
Salmo trutta
     CA - Klamath drainage
     CA - Sacramento River drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - South California drainage
     CA - Mono Lake drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - non-specific
     CA - non-specific
     CA - Hat Creek
     CA - Owens River
     CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Salvelinus fontinalis
     CA - upper Klamath drainage
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Goose Lake drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - Central Valley drainage
     CA - Coast of Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage
     CA - Kern drainage
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Mono Lake drainage
     CA - Owens drainage
     CA - Mojave drainage
     CA - San Diego drainage
     CA - St. Maria-St. Inez drainage
     CA - coastal Southern CA drainage
     CA - non-specific
     CA - Berkeley
     CA - non-specific
     CA - mountain streams and lakes (mostly in the Sierra Nevadas) from San Bernardino to the Oregon border
     CA - coastal streams
     OR - Rogue drainage
Salvelinus malma
     CA - Central Valley drainage
Salvelinus namaycush
     CA - Lahontan drainage
     CA - Lake Tahoe
     CA - Lake Tahoe
     CA - Donner Lake
     CA - Fallen Leaf Lake
     CA - Stony Ridge Lake
Thymallus arcticus
     CA - lower Klamath drainage
     CA - Pit River drainage
     CA - non-specific
     CA - non-specific
     CA - non-specific
     CA - non-specific
     CA - Grayling Lake, Yosemite National Park
     CA - Inyo County
     CA - Nevada County
     CA - Sierra County
     CA - Plumas County
     CA - Amador County
     CA - Alpine County
     CA - El Dorado County
     CA - Placer County
     CA - Lassen County
     CA - Shasta County
     CA - Siskiyou County
Tilapia zillii
     CA - Lake Cahuilla
     CA - Coachella Valley
     CA - Palo Verde Valley
     CA - Salton Sea drainage
     CA - Colorado drainage
     CA - irrigation systems of the Imperial Valley
     CA - Coachella and Palo Verde valleys
     CA - Kern County, ponds
     CA - Santa Clara County
     CA - Los Angeles County
     CA - Orange County
     CA - Riverside County
     CA - southern CA
Tinca tinca
     CA - Pajaro drainage
     CA - private reservoir near Lobitas Creek
     CA - private reservoir near Lobitas Creek
     CA - San Mateo County, ponds and reservoirs
     CA - Santa Cruz County, ponds and reservoirs
     CA - Trinity River
     CA - Klamath River
Tridentiger trigonocephalus
     CA - Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA
     CA - San Francisco Bay
Xiphophorus hellerii
     CA - L.A. Basin
     CA - Orange County flood control canals
Xiphophorus variatus
     CA - Salton Sea



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