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Minckley, W.L. 1973. Fishes of Arizona. Arizona Fish and Game Department, Phoenix, AZ.
Reference Details:
Reference Number: 109
Type: Book
Author: Minckley, W.L.
Date (year): 1973
Edition:
Title:Fishes of Arizona.
Publisher:Arizona Fish and Game Department
Publisher Location:Phoenix, AZ
Volume:
Pages: 127 pp
URL:
Keywords: Arizona, fishes, Lepomis microlophus, redear sunfish
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:

Acipenser transmontanus

    AZ - Lake Havasu

Agosia chrysogaster

    AZ - Virgin River
    NM - lower Rio Grande

Alosa pseudoharengus

    CO - Colorado River basin, headwaters

Ambloplites rupestris

    AZ - lower Oak Creek, upper Verde drainage
    AZ - Clear Creek (lowermost)
    AZ - lakes above Mogollon Rim

Ameiurus melas

    NV - Lake Mead

Ameiurus nebulosus

    AZ - state non-specific

Anguilla rostrata

    AZ - Lake Mead
    NV - Lake Mead, Overton Arm
    NV - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Anguilla sp.

    NV - Lake Mead

Archocentrus nigrofasciatus

    AZ - borrow pit of the Salt River at east edge of Phoenix
    AZ - Mesa
    AZ - canals near Phoenix
    AZ - borrow pit of the Salt River at east edge of Phoenix
    NV - warm springs flowing into Lake Mead in southern NV, and elsewhere in the state

Archoplites interruptus

    AZ - a borrow pit near Buckeye, Maricopa County

Astyanax mexicanus

    AZ - lower Colorado River
    AZ - Colorado River just below Morelos Dam
    CA - Colorado River, lower

Clarias batrachus

    CA - All American Canal west of Yuma, AZ

Corbicula fluminea

    AZ - Roosevelt Lake on Salt River
    AZ - Salt River, at Apache Lake

Cottus bairdii

    AZ - Colorado River at Davis Dam
    AZ - Lake Havasu first point south of Needles Boat Landing
    CA - Lake Havasu first point south of Needles Boat Landing
    CA - Colorado River below Davis dam

Cyprinella venusta

    NV - Virgin River near Bunkerville

Cyprinus carpio

    AZ - San Carlos Lake (Coolidge Dam Reservoir) on Gila River
    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Painted Rock Dam in borrow pit below

Dorosoma cepedianum

    CO - western slope

Dorosoma petenense

    AZ - Lake Havasu
    AZ - lower Colorado drainage
    AZ - central AZ lakes
    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - Lake Powell
    AZ - Santa Cruz County
    AZ - near Arivaca
    AZ - Maricopa County
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - San Carlos Lake (Coolidge Dam Reservoir) on Gila River and tribs. (Gila and San Carlos)
    AZ - Pinal County
    NV - Overton Arm of Lake Mead

Esox lucius

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - Verde River system

Fundulus zebrinus

    AZ - Little Colorado basin
    AZ - Little Colorado basin
    AZ - in bait tanks along the lower Colorado River
    UT - near the AZ border

Gambusia affinis

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - state non-specific
    CA - state non-specific
    CA - state non-specific
    UT - state non-specific
    UT - state non-specific

Gillichthys mirabilis

    AZ - Roosevelt Lake, south shore, Salt River

Herichthys cyanoguttatus

    AZ - canal in Tempe

Heros severus

    NV - Rogers Spring (Overton Arm of Lake Mead)

Hypostomus sp.

    NV - warm spring in southern NV
    NV - warm spring in southern NV
    TX - San Antonio

Ictalurus furcatus

    AZ - Colorado River
    NM - San Juan River
    NM - San Juan River

Ictalurus pricei

    AZ - Santa Cruz River system in reservoir fed by Monkey Spring
    AZ - Santa Cruz River system in reservoir fed by Monkey Spring
    AZ - Santa Cruz River system in reservoir fed by Monkey Spring

Ictalurus punctatus

    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Gila River drainage
    AZ - Cochise County
    AZ - Navajo County
    AZ - Coconino County
    AZ - Maricopa County
    AZ - Santa Cruz County
    AZ - Pinal County
    AZ - Apache County
    AZ - Graham County
    AZ - Gila County
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Colorado River

Ictiobus bubalus

    AZ - Salt River, at Apache Lake
    AZ - Salt River, at Canyon Lake
    AZ - Salt River, at Saguaro Lake

Ictiobus cyprinellus

    AZ - Salt River in the four in-line reservoirs
    AZ - Salt River in the four in-line reservoirs
    AZ - Yuma
    AZ - Apache Lake, on the Salt River
    AZ - Roosevelt Lake on Salt River

Ictiobus niger

    AZ - Roosevelt Lake on Salt River
    AZ - Salt River, at Apache Lake
    AZ - Salt River, at Canyon Lake
    AZ - Salt River, at Saguaro Lake

Lepomis cyanellus

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - San Carlos River
    AZ - Salt River stony tribs
    AZ - Salt River Canyon mainstream
    AZ - Burro Creek
    AZ - Bill Williams River basin, sand streams
    AZ - Mogollon Rim lakes

Lepomis gibbosus

    AZ - pond near Safford

Lepomis microlophus

    AZ - central AZ lakes
    AZ - lower Colorado River
    AZ - Roosevelt Lake on Salt River

Micropterus dolomieu

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - Colorado River mainstream
    AZ - Verde River system
    AZ - Salt River Basin below 2200m elevation

Micropterus punctulatus

    AZ - Verde River system
    AZ - Verde River system
    AZ - West Clear Creek, a tributary of the Verde

Micropterus salmoides

    AZ - East Clear Creek
    AZ - Chevelon Creek
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Yuma County
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Apache County
    AZ - Graham County
    AZ - Cochise County
    AZ - Santa Cruz County
    AZ - Gila River
    AZ - Maricopa County
    AZ - Pinal County
    AZ - Pima County
    AZ - Coconino County
    AZ - Navajo County
    AZ - Yavapai County

Micropterus salmoides floridanus

    AZ - state non-specific

Micropterus salmoides salmoides

    AZ - state non-specific

Micropterus salmoides

    CA - Owens drainage

Morone chrysops

    AZ - Agua Fria River at Lake Carl Pleasant
    AZ - Agua Fria River at Lake Carl Pleasant
    AZ - lower Colorado River

Morone saxatilis

    AZ - lower Colorado River
    CA - lower Colorado River
    CA - lower Colorado River near Blythe

Notemigonus crysoleucas

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - Colorado River
    AZ - Colorado River near Parker Dam
    AZ - Lake Mead
    AZ - Colorado River near Ehrenberg
    AZ - Colorado River near Needles
    AZ - Lake Powell
    AZ - Apache County
    AZ - Mexican border
    AZ - San Carlos Lake (Coolidge Dam Reservoir) on Gila River
    AZ - near Pinetop
    AZ - Apache County, south part
    AZ - near Flagstaff
    AZ - Chevelon Creek
    AZ - Hawley Lake
    AZ - Quitobaquito Spring in Organ Pipe National Monument
    UT - Virgin River

Notropis stramineus

    AZ - Navajo County
    AZ - Chevelon Creek, at mouth
    AZ - East Clear Creek

Oncorhynchus aguabonita

    AZ - private lake near Patagonia

Oncorhynchus clarkii

    AZ - Lake Mead

Oncorhynchus kisutch

    AZ - Lake Mohave
    AZ - Lake Mead
    AZ - Colorado River

Oncorhynchus mykiss

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - mainstream reservoirs on the Colorado River and smaller reservoirs

Oncorhynchus nerka

    AZ - Ashurst Lake
    AZ - Lake Mohave
    AZ - Lake Mohave
    AZ - Luna Lake, headwaters of the San Fransisco River

Oreochromis mossambicus

    AZ - lower Colorado River
    AZ - mid-Phoenix along Gila River to Yuma
    AZ - Warm Springs, a tributary of the San Carlos River, San Carlos Apache Reservation (between Rocky Gulch and Bronco Gulch)
    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - Warm Springs, a tributary of the San Carlos River, San Carlos Apache Reservation (between Rocky Gulch and Bronco Gulch)

Oreochromis niloticus

    AZ - Page Springs Fish hatchery
    AZ - southern AZ
    AZ - canal in Mesa

Osmerus mordax

    CO - Colorado River basin, headwaters

Pantosteus plebeius

    AZ - San Francisco River
    NM - San Francisco River

Perca flavescens

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - mainstream Colorado and its reservoirs

Poecilia latipinna

    AZ - lower Salt River
    AZ - Verde River and downstream in canal systems
    AZ - lower Gila basin in canals and wastewater ponds
    AZ - Colorado River area below Imperial Dam
    AZ - Roosevelt Lake, Tonto Arm
    AZ - Phoenix metropolitan area
    AZ - Gila River at Painted Rock Dam west of Gila Bend
    CA - Salton Sea drainage
    NV - state non-specific

Poecilia mexicana

    AZ - Phoenix metropolitan canal system
    NV - state non-specific

Poecilia reticulata

    AZ - Yuma
    AZ - Rock Springs north of Phoenix
    AZ - Phoenix canal system - sporadically throughout

Pylodictis olivaris

    AZ - Gila River drainage
    AZ - Colorado River
    CA - Colorado River system
    NM - Gila River drainage (upper part of drainage in NM)
    NM - Gila River drainage

Salmo trutta

    AZ - state non-specific

Salvelinus fontinalis

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - state non-specific

Sander vitreus

    AZ - state non-specific
    AZ - Lake Powell
    AZ - Lake Mead
    UT - Lake Powell

Thorichthys meeki

    AZ - canal in Mesa

Thymallus arcticus

    AZ - Big Lake
    AZ - Mogollon Rim
    AZ - White Mountains
    AZ - White Mountains
    AZ - Mogollon Rim

Tilapia zillii

    AZ - canal in Mesa
    AZ - canal in Mesa

Xiphophorus hellerii

    AZ - Rock Springs north of Phoenix
    NV - Rogers Spring (Overton Arm of Lake Mead)

Xiphophorus variatus

    AZ - Salt River channel in Tempe
    AZ - Salt River channel in Tempe
    AZ - drain in Yuma


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