List of fishes of Colorado

The U.S. State of Colorado is home to 101 fishes, 55 of which are native. Twenty-three native species are threatened or endangered at either the federal or state level. The federally endangered species are the Humpback Chub (Gila cypha), Bonytail (Gila elegans), Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), and Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus).

Fishes

See also

• List of U.S. state fish
• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
• Outline of Colorado

References

• Johnson, B., Nomanbhoy, N. (2005). An eField Guide to Western Fishes-Colorado and Wyoming

Retrieved from

https://taurus.cnr.colostate.edu/projects/cofishguide/index.cfm

Fuller, P. (2017). NAS-Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. USGS.

Retrieved from

https://nas.er.usgs.gov/about/default.aspx

"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species,

Retrieved from

https://www.iucnredlist.org/

Page, Lawrence M., and Brooks M. Burr. A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes: North America, North of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2010.

External links

• State of Colorado
• Colorado Department of Natural Resources
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife