ETWP; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Santa Ana Speckled Dace, Santa Ana Sucker, and the Shay Creek Threespine Stickleback as Endangered

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 90- day finding on a petition to list three fish as endangered, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The Service finds that the petition did not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating the petitioned action may be warranted for two of the three species because it does not substantiate that the Santa Ana speckled dace and Shay Creek threespine stickleback are described subspecies or distinct vertebrate population segments as described in the Service's vertebrate population policy. Furthermore, the Service presently regards the Shay Creek threespine stickleback as a population of the unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni), a species that is already listed as endangered. Regarding the third fish species, the Service finds that substantial information exists to support a decision that listing may be warranted for the Santa Ana sucker.