Diario del proyecto Fishes of Alberta

26 de febrero de 2024

A change to Alberta fish taxonomy increases our species richness.

Cutthroat trout have been divided into several species with their own subspecies. iNaturalist has now accepted this revision, although FishBase and NatureServe have not. The changes have been accepted by Eschmeyer for well over a year.

In short, Westslope Cutthroat Trout gets elevated to its own species rank, and Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (an introduced species in Alberta) is a subspecies of Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout.

So, in Alberta, we now have:

Oncorhynchus lewisi - Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Oncorhynchus virginalis bouvieri - Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout

The full list of cutthroat species/subspecies (Alberta and otherwise):

Oncorhynchus clarkii - Coastal Cutthroat Trout
Oncorhynchus henshawi - Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
O. h. alvordensis - Alvord Cutthroat Trout
O. h. henshawi - Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
O. h. humboldtensis - Humboldt Cutthroat Trout (note: not included by iNat)
O. h. seleniris - Paiute Cutthroat Trout
Oncorhynchus lewisi - Westslope Cutthroat Trout
Oncorhynchus virginalis - Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout
O. v. behnkei - Snake River Fine-spotted Cutthroat Trout (or just Finespotted Cutthroat Trout)
O. v. bouvieri - Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
O. v. macdonaldi - Yellowfin Cutthroat Trout (extinct)
O. v. pleuriticus - Colorado River Cutthroat Trout
O. v. stomias - Greenback Cutthroat Trout
O. v. utah - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
O. v. virginalis - Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout

Did I miss any?

Publicado el febrero 26, 2024 10:59 TARDE por mrjmorris mrjmorris | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

12 de febrero de 2024

Two additions to Alberta's fishes

Trouts
Splake - hybrid between Brook and Lake Trout

Minnows
Rosy Red Minnow - introduced xanthic morph of Fathead Minnow

Publicado el febrero 12, 2024 04:26 TARDE por mrjmorris mrjmorris | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

23 de agosto de 2022

Checklist of fishes of Alberta

This is a work in progress. At the moment, known species include:

Lampreys
Arctic Lamprey - only larval stage found

Sturgeons
Lake Sturgeon

Mooneyes
Goldeye
Mooneye

Suckers
Quillback
Longnose Sucker
White Sucker
Largescale Sucker
Plains Sucker
Silver Redhorse
Shorthead Redhorse

True Minnows
Lake Chub
Western Silvery Minnow
Brassy Minnow
Northern Pearl Dace
Emerald Shiner
River Shiner
Spottail Shiner
Northern Redbelly Dace
Finescale Dace
Fathead Minnow
Northern Pikeminnow
Longnose Dace
Redside Shiner
Flathead Chub

Carps
Prussian Carp - introduced
Goldfish - introduced

East Asian Carps
Grass Carp - introduced

North American Catfishes
Stonecat
Black Bullhead - invasive, likely exterminated

Whitefishes, Trouts, and Salmons
Cisco
Shortjaw Cisco
Lake Whitefish
Pygmy Whitefish
Round Whitefish
Mountain Whitefish
Arctic Grayling
Rainbow Trout (both introduced and Athabascan forms)
Golden Trout - introduced
Cutthroat Trout (both Westslope and introduced Yellowstone forms)
Brown Trout - introduced
Brook Trout - introduced
"Tiger Trout" hybrid - recently stocked
Bull Trout - provincial fish
Dolly Varden - introduced to Chester Lake
Lake Trout

Pikes
Northern Pike

Trout-perches
Trout-perch

Burbots
Burbot

Cichlids
Jewelfish - has not been seen since 2000, introduced

Live-bearers
Western Mosquitofish - introduced
Sailfin Molly - introduced

Basses
Smallmouth Bass - introduced to Island Lake

Perches and Darters
Iowa Darter
Logperch
Yellow Perch
Sauger
Walleye

Sticklebacks
Brook Stickleback
Ninespine Stickleback
Threespine Stickleback - listed as invasive

Sculpins
Prickly Sculpin
Slimy Sculpin
Rocky Mountain Sculpin - undescribed species
Spoonhead Sculpin

Flathead Sculpin and Blobfishes
Deepwater Sculpin

Publicado el agosto 23, 2022 08:38 TARDE por mrjmorris mrjmorris | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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