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 37. Data for fish and crayfish collected at sites on the Truckee River: Truckee River at Clark, Nev. (Site 17, fig. 1), 1993-1997
[Abbreviations and symbols: N, number; SD, standard deviation; m, meter; --, 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 (116 m sampled on October 6, 1993) | |||||||||
| Catostomus platyrhynchus | mountain sucker |
16 |
52.5 |
9.1 |
42.9 |
8.2 |
-- |
-- |
6.3c |
| Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker |
61 |
56.6 |
21.9 |
47.0 |
18.7 |
-- |
-- |
|
| Cyprinus carpio | common carp |
7 |
56.0 |
13.7 |
45.7 |
10.8 |
-- |
-- |
14.3c |
| Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish |
3 |
60.3 |
4.5 |
49.3 |
2.3 |
-- |
-- |
0 |
| Pacifastacus leniusculus | crayfish |
39 |
65.2 |
21.2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0 |
| Pimephales promelas | fathead minnow |
24 |
49.9 |
5.6 |
40.7 |
4.7 |
-- |
-- |
16.7c |
| Rhinichthys osculus | speckled dace |
36 |
47.3 |
3.7 |
39.5 |
2.9 |
-- |
-- |
0 |
| Richardsonius egregius | Lahontan redside |
56 |
44.9 |
15.7 |
36.4 |
13.1 |
-- |
-- |
6.7c |
| Reach B (239 m sampled on October 4, 1993) | |||||||||
| Catostomus platyrhynchus | mountain sucker |
14 |
60.6 |
18.6 |
51.2 |
17.9 |
3.3 |
4.3 |
|
| Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker |
21 |
53.2 |
18.5 |
44.0 |
15.2 |
2.7 |
5.7 |
|
| Pacifastacus leniusculus | crayfish |
18 |
74.7 |
21.7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0 |
| Pimephales promelas | fathead minnow |
5 |
38.2 |
6.3 |
31.4 |
5.4 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Rhinichthys osculus | speckled dace |
40 |
47.4 |
8.8 |
39.7 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
|
| Richardsonius egregius | Lahontan redside |
1 |
70.0 |
-- |
59.0 |
-- |
3.3 |
-- |
0 |
| Reach C (244 m sampled on October 4, 1993) | |||||||||
| Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker |
47 |
101 |
41.2 |
81.4 |
34.2 |
17.3 |
14.2 |
|
| Pacifastacus leniusculus | crayfish |
26 |
81.2 |
14.9 |
88.0 |
12.8 |
13.2 |
6.4 |
0 |
| Pimephales promelas | fathead minnow |
7 |
61.7 |
13.1 |
50.7 |
10.9 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
0 |
| Rhinichthys osculus | speckled dace |
14 |
46.2 |
12.1 |
38.0 |
10.5 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
0 |
| Richardsonius egregius | Lahontan redside |
48 |
61.5 |
21.1 |
50.4 |
17.7 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
4.3e |
| Reach C (244 m sampled on August 3, 1994) | |||||||||
| Catostomus platyrhynchus | mountain sucker |
8 |
89 |
15.4 |
77 |
13.2 |
8.1 |
3.6 |
0 |
| Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker |
21 |
104 |
26.9 |
87 |
24.1 |
15.0 |
13.6 |
4.8c |
| Cyprinus carpio | common carp |
20 |
55 |
13.1 |
46 |
10.7 |
3.4 |
2.3 |
5.0d |
| Gambusia sp. | mosquito-fish |
1 |
44 |
-- |
35 |
-- |
1.2 |
-- |
0 |
| Pacifastacus leniusculus | crayfish |
15 |
80 |
16.5 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0 |
| Rhinichthys osculus | speckled dace |
12 |
58 |
7.8 |
49 |
6.6 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
8.3e |
| Richardsonius egregius | Lahontan redside |
105 |
79 |
16.7 |
66 |
13.8 |
5.6 |
3.3 |
1.0e |
| Salmo trutta | brown trout |
1 |
222 |
-- |
197 |
-- |
121 |
-- |
100.0d |
| Reach C (244 m sampled on October 3, 1995) | |||||||||
| Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker |
27 |
111 |
41.1 |
95 |
36.5 |
23.5 |
29.1 |
|
| Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish |
1 |
121 |
-- |
101 |
-- |
33.3 |
-- |
0 |
| Pimephales promelas | fathead minnow |
1 |
48 |
-- |
38 |
-- |
0.9 |
-- |
0 |
| Rhinichthys osculus | speckled dace |
11 |
37 |
1.6 |
30 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
0 |
| Richardsonius egregius | Lahontan redside |
114 |
84 |
8.0 |
69 |
7.5 |
6.2 |
2.0 |
1.0d |
| Salmo trutta | brown trout |
2 |
195 |
29.0 |
167 |
24.0 |
79.3 |
38.2 |
0 |
| Reach C (244 m sampled on October 8, 1996) | |||||||||
| Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker |
62 |
125 |
50.6 |
105 |
44.4 |
36.3 |
41.8 |
|
| Catostomus platyrhynchus | mountain sucker |
38 |
70 |
20.8 |
59 |
17.7 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
2.6c |
| Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish |
1 |
93 |
-- |
77 |
-- |
14.3 |
-- |
0 |
| Rhinichthys osculus | speckled dace |
7 |
60 |
7.3 |
51 |
6.2 |
2.5 |
.85 |
0 |
| Richardsonius egregius | Lahontan redside |
157 |
92 |
16.1 |
76 |
13.8 |
8.3 |
4.6 |
1e |
| Reach C (244 m sampled on August 27, 1997) | |||||||||
| Catostomus platyrhynchus | mountain sucker |
87 |
94 |
18.6 |
-- |
-- |
10.3 |
5.3 |
|
| Catostomus tahoensis | Tahoe sucker |
151 |
130 |
39.4 |
-- |
-- |
33.5 |
36.0 |
|
| Cyprinus carpio | common carp |
13 |
53 |
10.5 |
-- |
-- |
2.6 |
1.2 |
0 |
| Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi | Lahontan cutthroat trout |
1 |
213 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
67.2 |
-- |
0 |
| Pacifastacus leniusculus | crayfish |
20 |
67 |
29.7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0 |
| Rhinichthys osculus | speckled dace |
11 |
48 |
13.8 |
-- |
-- |
1.4 |
1.3 |
0 |
| Richardsonius egregius | Lahontan redside |
111 |
74 |
7.0 |
-- |
-- |
4.3 |
1.4 |
0 |
| Salmo trutta | brown trout |
2 |
150 |
19.1 |
-- |
-- |
36.5 |
9.5 |
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.
c Anchor worm.
d Fin erosion.
e Tumor.