Nev. Admin. Code § 503.060 - Game fish

The following species of fish and all hybrids thereof are classified as game fish:

1. Cold-water game fish are:

	Common Name	Scientific Name
(a) Cutthroat trout	Bonneville ...............................	Oncorhynchus clarkii utah
	Lahontan ..................................	Oncorhynchus clarkii
		henshawi
	Yellowstone .............................	Oncorhynchus clarkii
		bouvieri
(b) Salmon
	Kokanee ..................................	Oncorhynchus nerka
	Chinook (King) .......................	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
(c) Trout	Brook .......................................	Salvelinus fontinalis
	Brown ......................................	Salmo trutta
	Bull ..........................................	Salvelinus confluentis
	Lake .........................................	Salvelinus namaycush
	Rainbow ..................................	Oncorhynchus mykiss
	Redband....................	............... Oncorhynchus mykiss
		gairdneri
		Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii
(d) Whitefish	Mountain ..................	............... Prosopium williamsoni

2. Warm-water game fish are:

	Common Name	Scientific Name
(a) Bullhead	Black ...............................	........ Ameiurus melas
	Brown ..............................	........ Ameiurus nebulosus
(b) Catfish	Channel ...........................	........ Ictalurus punctatus
	White ...............................	........ Ameiurus catus
(c) Bass	Striped .............................	........ Morone saxatilis
	White ...............................	........ Morone chrysops
	Largemouth Black ...........	........ Micropterus salmoides
	Smallmouth Black ...........	........ Micropterus dolomieu
	Spotted Black ..................	........ Micropterus punctulatus
(d) Crappie	Black ...............................	........ Pomoxis nigromaculatus
	White ...........................	............ Pomoxis annularis
(e) Perch	Sacramento ..................	............ Archoplites interruptus
	Yellow .........................	............ Perca flavescens
(f) Sunfish	Bluegill ........................	............ Lepomis macrochirus
	Green ...........................	............ Lepomis cyanellus
	Redear .........................	............ Lepomis microlophus
	Pumpkinseed ...............	........... Lepomis gibbosus
(g) Walleye		Sander vitreus
(h) Muskie	Tiger .............................	........... Esox masquinongy x Esox Lucius

Notes

Nev. Admin. Code § 503.060

Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs, part No. 1, eff. 7-1-69; A 7-1-70; 1-1-74-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, 1-1-81; 12-15-81; 12-1-82; 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84; 12-11-87; R137-98, 9-25-98; R093-05, 10-31-2005; A by R009-21A, eff. 2/28/2022; A by R009-21CAP, eff. 3/3/2022

NRS 501.105, 501.110, 501.181