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An extensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species. [1] Common Name Scientific Name Image Native Non-Native
The Piscicolidae are a family of jawless leeches in the order Rhynchobdellida that are parasitic on fish. They occur in both freshwater and seawater, have cylindrical bodies, and typically have a large, bell-shaped, anterior sucker with which they cling to their host. [3]
The western brook lamprey (Lampetra richardsoni) is a small (<18 cm), widely distributed, non-parasitic species of jawless fish endemic to the freshwater coastal waterways of the Western United States and Canada. [4]
Agnatha (/ ˈ æ ɡ n ə θ ə, æ ɡ ˈ n eɪ θ ə /; [3] from Ancient Greek ἀ-(a-) 'without' and γνάθος (gnáthos) 'jaws') is a paraphyletic infraphylum [4] of non-gnathostome vertebrates, or jawless fish, in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both living (cyclostomes) and extinct (conodonts, anaspids, and ostracoderms, among others).
The Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chi) is a freshwater fish and a subspecies of the hitch (Lavinia exilicauda). It is a cyprinid fish that is endemic to Clear Lake, California. [3] They are large minnows that can grow to lengths that exceed 35 cm (14 in) standard length. [4] The fish has a life cycle of four to six years. [5]
The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow up to 30 feet. Rare "doomsday fish" spotted on a Southern California ...
A dead oarfish found along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" this year.. The roughly 10-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6. at a ...
California's Fish and Game Commission voted to consider listing white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, as a threatened species.