USGS Open-File report 02-012
Physical Data and Biological Data for Algae, Aquatic Invertebrates, and Fish from Selected Reaches on the Carson and Truckee Rivers, Nevada and California, 1993-97
Table 36. Fish and crayfish collected at sites on the Truckee River: Truckee River near Sparks, Nev. (site 15, fig. 1), September 30, 1993
[Abbreviations and symbols: N, number; SD, standard deviation; --, not determined]
| Scientific name (Genus species) |
Common name | N | Length, in millimeters | Weight, in grams | Percent abnormal |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean totala |
SD | Mean standardb |
SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Reach A (sampled Sept. 30, 1993) | |||||||||
| Catostomus platyrhynchus | mountain sucker |
163 |
111 |
28.1 |
94 |
24.2 |
20 |
12.3 |
0 |
| Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker |
4 |
150 |
29.7 |
128 |
26.4 |
47 |
24.9 |
0 |
| Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish |
1 |
85 |
-- |
69 |
-- |
10 |
-- |
0 |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss | rainbow trout |
1 |
245 |
-- |
190 |
-- |
154 |
-- |
0 |
| Pacifastacus leniusculus | crayfish |
22 |
94 |
13.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0 |
| Rhinichthys osculus | speckled dace |
1 |
46 |
-- |
37 |
-- |
1.1 |
-- |
0 |
| Richardsonius egregius | Lahontan redside |
38 |
86 |
14.5 |
72 |
12.1 |
7.2 |
3.3 |
0 |
a For fish, total length, measured from tip of snout to end of
caudal (tail) fin; for crayfish, total length measured from tip of rostrum to posterior edge of telson.
b Standard length measured from snout to end of backbone in the caudal peduncle.