Nev. Admin. Code § 503.065 - Protected, endangered and threatened fish

1. The following species of fish are classified as protected:

Minnows (Cyprinidae)

	Common Name	Scientific Name
(a) Chub	Alvord	Siphateles alvordensis
	Big Smoky Valley Tui.............	Siphateles bicolor ssp. 8
	Fish Creek Springs Tui ...........	Siphateles bicolor euchila
	Fish Lake Valley Tui..............	Siphateles bicolor ssp. 4
	Hot Creek Valley Tui .............	Siphateles bicolor ssp. 5
	Independence Valley Tui .......	Siphateles bicolor isolata
	Newark Valley Tui..................	Siphateles bicolor newarkensis
	Railroad Valley Tui ................	Siphateles bicolor ssp. 7
	Sheldon Tui .............................	Siphateles bicolor eurysoma
	Virgin River (Muddy River Population) .............................	Gila seminuda
(b) Dace	Big Smoky Valley Speckled....	Rhinichthys osculus lariversi
	Diamond Valley Speckled ......	Rhinichthys osculus ssp. 10
	Monitor Valley Speckled ........	Rhinichthys osculus ssp. 5
	Moapa Speckled .....................	Rhinichthys osculus moapae
	Oasis Valley Speckled.............	. Rhinichthys osculus ssp.
	Relict .......................................	. Relictus solitarius
	White River Speckled .............	. Rhinichthys osculus ssp. 7
(c) Spinedace	Virgin ......................................	. Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis
Suckers (Catostomidae)
(d) Sucker	Meadow Valley Wash Desert .	Catostomus clarki ssp. 2
	Wall Canyon............................	Catostomus ssp.
	White River Desert ..................	Catostomus clarki intermedius
Killifishes (Cyprinodontidae)
(e) Springfish	Moorman White River ........	.... Crenichthys baileyi thermophilus
	Preston White River ............	.... Crenichthys baileyi albivallis

2. The following species of protected fish are further classified as endangered:

Minnows (Cyprinidae)

	Common Name	Scientific Name
(a) Chub	Bonytail .................................	.. Gila elegans
	Pahranagat Roundtail ............	.. Gila robusta jordani
	Virgin River ..........................	.. Gila seminuda
(b) Dace	Moapa ....................................	.. Moapa coriacea
	Ash Meadows Speckled ........	.. Rhinichthys osculus nevadensis
	Clover Valley Speckled.........	.. Rhinichthys osculus oligoporus
	Independence Valley
	Speckled ................................	.. Rhinichthys osculus lethoporus
(c) Pikeminnow	Colorado ...............................	.. Ptychocheilus lucius
(d) Spinedace	White River ...........................	.. Lepidomeda albivalis
(e) Woundfin		Plagopterus argentissimus
Suckers (Catostomidae)
(f) Sucker	Cui-ui .............................	......... Chasmistes cujus
	Razorback ................................	Xyrauchen texanus
Killifishes (Cyprinodontidae)
(g) Poolfish	Pahrump ................................	.. Empetrichthys latos
(h) Pupfish	Devils Hole ............	.. Cyprinodon diabolis
	Warm Springs .......................	.. Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis
	Ash Meadows Amargosa ......	.. Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes
(i) Springfish	Hiko White River ..................	.. Crenichthys baileyi grandis
	White River ...........................	.. Crenichthys baileyi baileyi

3. The following species of protected fish are further classified as threatened:

Minnows (Cyprinidae)

	Common Name	Scientific Name
(a) Dace	Desert .............................	......... Eremichthys acros
(b) Spinedace	Big Spring ......................	......... Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis
Killifishes (Cyprinodontidae)
(c) Springfish	Railroad Valley .....................	.. Crenichthys nevadae
Suckers (Catostomidae)
(d) Sucker	Warner ...........................	......... Catostomus warnerensis

Notes

Nev. Admin. Code § 503.065

Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs, part No. 1, eff. 7-1-69; A 7-1-70; 6-1-71; 1-1-73; 1-1-74; 5-15-74; 10-1-76-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, 1-1-81; 12-15-81; 12-1-82; R137-98, 9-25-98; A by R009-21A, eff. 2/28/2022; A by R009-21CAP, eff. 3/3/2022

NRS 501.105, 501.110, 501.181