NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
Moyle, P.B. 1976. Inland fishes of California. University of California Press Berkeley, CA. http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZCStnV581kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=fishes+of+california&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t0dOT-P-Nsna0QH88rS7Ag&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fishes%20of%20california&f=false.
Reference Number: 217 Type: Book Author: Moyle, P.B. Date (year): 1976 Edition: Title:Inland fishes of California. Publisher:University of California Press Berkeley, CA. Publisher Location: Volume: Pages: 405 pp URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZCStnV581kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=fishes+of+california&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t0dOT-P-Nsna0QH88rS7Ag&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=fishes%20of%20california&f=false Keywords: California, fishes, Lepomis microlophus, redear sunfish, pomoxis annularis white crappie, dorosoma cepedianum, gizzard shad, Oncorhynchus kisutch
Acanthogobius flavimanus CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of 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 drainage 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 - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - Pajaro drainage CA - Lahontan drainage CA - South California drainage CA - San Joaquin River near Stockton CA - Clear Lake NV - state 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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific CA - Salton Sea drainage CA - state 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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific 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 - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - Clear Lake drainage CA - Pajaro drainage CA - Owens drainage CA - Mojave drainage CA - South California drainage CA - Colorado drainage CA - state non-specific CA - Clear Lake CA - Clear Lake CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Archoplites interruptus CA - Russian River CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - Upper Klamath drainage CA - Owens Drainage CA - Clear Lake Reservoir CA - Crowley Lake drainage CA - Lake Almanor, Plumas County CO - state non-specific ND - state non-specific NE - state non-specific NV - state non-specific NV - Pyramid Lake NV - Walker Lake drainage SD - state non-specific UT - state non-specific
Austrolebias bellottii CA - Experimental ponds at the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of California, Riverside campus
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 CA - Tributary of Santa Maria River CA - Whale Rock Reservoir CA - Morro Creek CA - Chorro Creek CA - Cayucos Creek
Catostomus tahoensis CA - Central Valley drainage CA - upper reaches of the Feather River, Sacramento system CA - upper reaches of the Rubicon River, Sacramento system
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 - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of 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 - state non-specific CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Pajaro drainage CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - San Diego drainage CA - L.A. Basin CA - St. Maria-St. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific CA - Salton Sea drainage CA - Colorado drainage CA - Lake Havasu CA - San Vicente Reservoir CA - state non-specific CA - Long Beach to Humboldt Bay, in saltwater HI - state non-specific KY - state non-specific NV - state non-specific ME - state non-specific WV - state non-specific
Gambusia affinis CA - Pit River drainage CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - Clear Lake CA - Pajaro drainage CA - Lahontan drainage CA - Death Valley drainage CA - South California drainage CA - Colorado drainage CA - state 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)
Gila orcuttii CA - Cuyama River CA - Mojave drainage CA - St. Maria-St. Ynez drainage
Gillichthys mirabilis CA - Salton Sea
Hesperoleucus symmetricus CA - St. Maria-St. Ynez 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. Ynez drainage CA - Sutherland Reservoir on the Santa Ysabel River CA - El Capitan Reservoir CA - San Vicente Reservoir CA - Santee Lakes chain (in Santee, E of San Diego) CA - Lake Jennings, near San Diego CA - Lake Mathews [reservoir just E of Corona]
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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific 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 - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of 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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific CA - Colorado drainage CA - Colorado drainage CA - Salton Sea drainage CA - state 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 - state non-specific CA - Upper Klamath drainage CA - lower Klamath drainage CA - Pit River drainage CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of 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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific 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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific CA - Colorado drainage CA - Colorado River CA - Clear Lake
Lucania parva CA - Irvine Lake OR - Yaquina Bay [Newport, OR] UT - state non-specific CA - Lake Merritt, Oakland CA - Aquatic Park Lagoon in Berkeley, CA
Menidia audens CA - Clear Lake CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Clear Lake drainage CA - Pajaro drainage CA - Clear Lake CA - Cache Creek [outlet of Clear Lake] CA - private ponds above Lake Berryessa CA - Del Valle Reservoir [=Lake del Valle] 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 - state non-specific 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 - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - Clear Lake drainage CA - Pajaro drainage CA - Owens drainage CA - San Diego drainage CA - L.A. Basin CA - St. Maria-St. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific CA - Colorado drainage CA - Sacramento drainage CA - Russian River CA - Sacramento drainage, in most of the larger streams CA - state non-specific 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 henshalli CA - Perris Reservoir (near Perris)
Micropterus punctulatus CA - Central Valley drainage CA - L.A. Basin CA - state non-specific CA - state non-specific CA - Consumnes River CA - Feather River, especially in Oroville Reservoir CA - state non-specific
Micropterus salmoides CA - state non-specific CA - Upper Klamath drainage CA - lower Klamath drainage CA - Pit River drainage CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of 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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific CA - Colorado drainage CA - Colorado drainage CA - Salton Sea drainage CA - Clear Lake CA - San Joaquin River at Friant
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus CA - Westminster flood control channel
Morone chrysops CA - state non-specific CA - Colorado River CA - Nacimiento Reservoir CA - Nacimiento Reservoir
Morone saxatilis CA - Pajaro drainage CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of 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 Umpqua River and estuary OR - lower Coquille River and estuary
Notemigonus crysoleucas CA - Upper Klamath drainage CA - lower Klamath drainage CA - Pit River drainage CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of 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 - Imperial Valley, irrigation systems CA - lower Colorado River near the Mexican border CA - San Diego drainage CA - Imperial Valley, irrigation systems CA - Bard Valley, irrigation systems CA - Palo Verde Valley, irrigation systems CA - Palo Verde Valley, irrigation systems CA - Bard Valley, irrigation systems
Orthodon microlepidotus CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - L.A. Basin CA - Russian River Reservoir on the Carmel River in southern CA NV - Truckee Meadows area near Reno
Pantosteus santaanae CA - St. Maria-St. Ynez drainage CA - Santa Clara River
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 - Death Valley, springs
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 live bearers 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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific 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 - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of 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. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific CA - Upper Klamath drainage CA - Pit River drainage CA - Clear Lake CA - state 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 (HUC6) non-specific CA - Sacramento River drainage CA - Lahontan drainage CA - South California drainage CA - Mono Lake drainage CA - Owens drainage CA - Mojave drainage CA - state non-specific CA - state 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 - Sacramento-San Joaquin drainage, coast of CA - Kern drainage CA - Lahontan drainage CA - Mono Lake drainage CA - Owens drainage CA - Mojave drainage CA - San Diego drainage CA - St. Maria-St. Ynez drainage CA - state non-specific CA - state non-specific CA - Berkeley CA - state non-specific CA - state non-specific CA - state non-specific 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
Siphateles bicolor CA - Pit River drainage CA - Central Valley drainage CA - Sacramento River reservoirs CA - Lake Almanor, Plumas County
Siphateles bicolor obesus CA - Crowley Lake drainage
Siphateles bicolor snyderi CA - Owens Valley native fish sanctuary
Thymallus arcticus CA - lower Klamath drainage CA - Pit River drainage CA - state non-specific CA - state non-specific CA - state non-specific CA - state 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 Valley CA - Kern County, ponds CA - Santa Clara County CA - Los Angeles County CA - Orange County CA - Riverside County CA - state non-specific CA - Palo Verde Valley
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 - San Francisco Bay
Xiphophorus hellerii CA - L.A. Basin CA - Orange County flood control canals
Xiphophorus variatus CA - Salton Sea
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