Russian River Native Fish

The Russian River and its tributary streams currently support three native species of salmonids and several other native fishes that contribute to the natural diversity, health and balance of our watershed ecosystem. The list below does not include natives that occurred historically but have since been extirpated from the basin.

Native salmonids

COHO SALMON

CHINOOK SALMON

STEELHEAD TROUT

Native non-salmonids

California roach
Hardhead
Hitch
Pacific lamprey
River lamprey
Sacramento pikeminnow
Sacramento sucker
Sacramento blackfish
Sculpin species (riffle, prickly, more?)
Three-spined stickleback
Tule perch
Western brook lamprey

See the UC Davis California Fish website for more CA fish species