U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Non-Anadromous Fishes

Species Accounts

(RTF is Rich Text Format)

• Delta smelt PDF | RTF
• Little Kern golden trout PDF | RTF
• Longfin Smelt - See below

Accounts from other offices

Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office

• Lahontan cutthroat trout
• Paiute cutthroat trout

Ventura Fish & Wildlife Office

• Tidewater goby and many others

Anadromous & Marine Fishes

The NOAA Fisheries Service administers the Endangered Species Act for Anadromous and other fishes that live in the ocean. (Anadromous fishes spend most of their lives in the ocean but spawn in fresh water.)

• Anadromous & Marine Fishes
• Salmon and Other Protected Species Information

Fish Info for Kids

We have some species accounts for 4th, 5th and 6th grade students, including:

• Chinook Salmon
• Delta Smelt

Longfin Smelt

In 1993, we were petitioned to list the longfin smelt under the Endangered Species Act. We made a positive 90-day finding (PDF). However, our full 12-month finding (PDF) was that listing was not warranted.

On Aug. 8, 2007 we were petitioned to list only the San Francisco Bay-Delta population of longfin smelt as a Distinct Population Segment (DPS). On May 6, 2008 we published a 90-day finding that listing might be warranted.

On April 9, 2009 our full 12-month finding determined that it not qualify as a DPS. We also announced a new status review of the species through its entire range. News Release. Federal Register notice TEXT | PDF (68 KB).

Fish Resources

Find the listing and critical habitat status of species from the National Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS)

See also CA Dept. of Fish & Game's
Endangered & Threatened Animals List

Get more information about species from the national Fish & Wildlife Service species information web page.

Delta Smelt

Recovery Partnerships

California Fish Pages

Fisheries Resources and Species Management

About Fish (Information about various fishes.)

Calfish is a State of California program to gather, maintain and disseminate fish and aquatic habitat data and data standards.

Report, Manual and Publication List

Fishing licenses

Impact of Riprap

Impacts of Riprapping to Aquatic Organisms and River Functioning, Lower Sacramento River, California. A 2004 report by our office.

(Riprap is rock, concrete and other material placed on the banks of a river to reduce erosion.)

Last updated: May 20, 2009

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