Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)

Scientific name: Ptychocheilus lucius Girard, 1856

Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)

The Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

Biology

Inhabits pools of medium to large rivers. Large individuals usually occur in deep, flowing rocky or sandy pools.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ptychocheilus lucius
Family
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
Order
Cypriniformes (Carps)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
180
Common length
52.5
Environment
Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: Colorado River drainage in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California, USA and Mexico. Now mostly restricted to Utah and Colorado and extirpated from the southern portion of the range by the construction of large dams on the Colorado and Gila Rivers.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Vulnerable (VU) (D2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tmax=12)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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