Lahontan cutthroat trout

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Photo By/Credit

Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

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As numbers of Lahontan cutthroat trout dwindled, their position as top predator in Lake Tahoe was backfilled by stocked nonnative sportfish such as lake trout, rainbow trout and kokanee salmon, and was eventually listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1970. Credit: Joanna Gilkeson/USFWS

Species

Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Fishes

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