Native Species

The Gila River Basin Native Fishes Conservation Program (Program) implements conservation actions for five priority fishes, as well as other listed and non-listed aquatic species within the Gila River Basin. The five priority fishes covered under the Program include:

Gila Topminnow
Gila Topminnow
Poeciliopsis occidentalis
1999 Recovery Plan - Draft

Spikedace
Mefu fulgida
1991 Recovery Plan

Loach Minnow
Tiaroga cobitis
1991 Recovery Plan

Razorback Sucker
Xyrauchen texanus
2002 Recovery Goals
Gila Chub
Gila Chub
Gila intermedia
2015 Recovery Plan - Draft

Other Native Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Species of the Gila River Basin

Fish

Reptiles and Amphibians (Riparian Species Only)

Longfin Dace Agosia chrysogaster

Sonora Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi

Desert Sucker Catostomus clarki

Great Plains Toad Bufo cognatus

Sonora Sucker Catostomus insignis

Green Toad Bufo debilis

Flannelmouth Sucker Catostomus latipinnis

Arizona Toad Bufo microscaphus

Desert Pupfish Cyprinidon macularius

Red Spotted Toad Bufo punctatus

Machete Elops affinis

Sonoran Green Toad Bufo retiformes

Bonytail Chub Gila elegans

Woodhouse's Toad Bufo woodhousii

Roundtail Chub Gila robusta

Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens

Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus

Sonora Mud Turtle Kinosternon sonoriense

Apache Trout Oncorhynchus apache

Plains Leopard Frog Rana blairi

Gila Trout Oncorhynchus gilae

Chiricahua Leopard Frog Rana chiricahuensis

Woundfin Plagopterus argentissimus

Lowland Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis

Colorado Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus Lucius

Black-necked Gartersnake Thamnophis cyrtopsis

Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus

Terrestrial Gartersnake Thamnophis elegans

 

Mexican Gartersnake Thamnophis eques

 

Checkered Gartersnake Thamnophis marcianus

 

Narrow-headed Gartersnake Thamnophis rufipunctatus

Last Updated: 8/22/2023