Colorado pikeminnow
The Colorado pikeminnow ("Ptychocheilus lucius", formerly squawfish) is the largest cyprinid fish of North America and one of the largest in the world, with reports of individuals up to 6 ft (1.8 m) long and weighing over 100 pounds (45 kg). Native to the Colorado River Basin of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico, it was formerly an important food fish for both Native Americans and European settlers. Once abundant and widespread in the basin, its numbers have declined to the point where it has been extirpated from the Mexican part of its range and was listed as endangered in the US part in 1967, a fate shared by the three other large Colorado Basin endemic fish species: bonytail chub, humpback chub, and razorback sucker. The Colorado pikeminnow is currently listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.
Q35047
cyprinid
Concept
Q49
North America
LOC
Q1265
Colorado River
LOC
Q30
United States
LOC
Q96
Mexico
LOC
Q600396
food fish
Concept
Q49297
Native Americans
PER
Q945835
extirpated
Concept
Q123452
endemic
Concept
Q3756661
bonytail chub
Concept
Q139333
humpback chub
Concept
Q1943923
razorback sucker
Concept
Q278113
vulnerable
Concept
Q48268
IUCN
ORG
Q139297
Colorado pikeminnow
Concept
Q139297
Colorado pikeminnow
Concept
1967-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1967
DATE
+6^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
6
NUMBER
+1.8^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1.8
NUMBER
+45^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
45
NUMBER
IUCN conservation status
country
country
ethnic group