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Endangered Species

UTAH STATE SENSITIVE SPECIES LIST—January 30, 1998

SENSITIVE FISH SPECIES OF UTAH

EXTINCT

Utah Lake Sculpin (Cottus echinatus)

STATE ENDANGERED SPECIES

Bonytail (Gila elegans)1

Colorado Squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius)1

Humpback Chub (Gila cypha)1

Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)1

Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)1

Virgin River Chub (Gila seminuda)1

June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus)1

STATE THREATENED SPECIES

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi)2

Roundtail Chub (Gila robusta)

SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN

(SP: Due to declining populations)

Leatherside Chub (Gila copei)

Flannelmouth Sucker (Catostomus latipinnis)

Bluehead Sucker (Catostomus discobolus)

(SD: Due to limited distribution)

Bonneville Cisco (Prosopium gemmiferum)

Bonneville Whitefish (Prosopium spilonotus)

Bear Lake Whitefish (Prosopium abyssicola)

Bear Lake Sculpin (Cottus extensus)

Desert Sucker (Catostomus clarki)

CONSERVATION SPECIES

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus)

Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki utah)

Virgin Spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis)

Least Chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis)3

1 Species is federally listed as Endangered

2 Species is federally listed as Threatened

3 Species if federally listed as Candidate

 

Bony Tail Chub

Colorado Pikeminnow

Razor Back Sucker

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