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The return of a lake-dwelling giant.(Lahontan cutthroat trout)

Publication: Endangered Species Bulletin
Publication Date: 01-DEC-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Jay Bigelow holds a male Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi), one about three years old and 16 inches (40 centimeters) long, and admires the sunlight reflecting off the black-spotted silvery-white flanks. It's part of a unique brood stock he's a...

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...developing. Bigelow supervises operations at the Lahontan National Fish Hatchery in Gardnerville, Nevada, on the banks of the Carson River. The hatchery is part of larger integrated fisheries complex that includes the Nevada Fishery Resources Office and Marble Bluff Fish Passage Facility. These stations coordinate programs to plan and implement the recovery of the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout.

One of 13 cutthroat trout subspecies in the American West, this fish evolved in ancient Lake Lahontan, which at its maximum size inundated about 8,600 square miles (22,300 sq. kilometers) of...

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