Don't Trout Yourself
Which subspecies of Cutthroat trout are now extinct?
What is the Yellowfin Cutthroat trout?
What is the name of the resulting fish when a Cutthroat trout and Rainbow trout hybridize?
What is a Cutbow?
There were thought to be only 4 distinct lineages of Cutthroat Trout, but in reality there are 5 distinct lineages.
False.
6 distinct lineages
What is the part of the fish called that is proximal to the tail on a fish?
What is the caudal peduncle?
Which lineage of Colorado Cutthroat trout was thought to be extinct but then rediscovered?
What is the San Juan lineage?
What are some examples of things a Cutthroat trout might eat?
What are aquatic insects, fish eggs, small fish, and crustaceans?
Cutthroat trout prefer warmer streams with sandy bottoms.
False.
Cold streams with gravel bottoms.
Which species of fish native to Colorado has the most luscious lumps?
What is the Humpback Chub?
In what season do Cutthroat trout typically spawn?
What is spring?
List some reasons why Cutthroat populations have declined.
What is habitat degradation, overfishing, competition with nonnative species, hybridization, etc.
Cutthroat Trout get their name from the red streak across it's lower jaw.
True
How many miles did the Razorback Sucker swim?
What is 900 miles?
What is 3-5 years?
Which subspecies historically lived in drainages east of the Continental Divide in the South Platte and Arkansas River?
What is the Greenback trout?
The green and blue lineages of the Colorado River Cutthroat trout are more closely related than the San Juan lineage.
True.
Which species of fish has a blue head and is a type of sucker?
What is the Bluehead Sucker?
Where does their name, Oncorhynchus clarkii, come from?
Who are Lewis and Clark!
Would you enter a wildfire in order to save fish that were on the brink of extinction?
Yes +1000 points.
No -1000 points.
The Colorado Pikeminnow is Colorado's state fish.
False.
The Greenback Cutthroat trout.
Which species of fish native to Colorado has the most luscious lips?
What is the Colorado Pikeminnow?