Featured Species | Colorado Pikeminnow (09:38)

Host: Brynn Walling with Tom Charts

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Colorado pikeminnow.: Photo credit: Joe Ferreira

Overview

Status: Endangered/ Listed on March 11, 1967
Scientific Name: Ptychocheilus lucius
Description: The Colorado pikeminnow, formerly the Colorado squawfish, is the largest American minnow, growing up to 6 feet long and weighing up to 80 pounds. The fish occurs in the warm, swift waters of the big rivers of the Colorado Basin.
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