Sacramento splittail photograph

Sacramento Splittail

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Scientific namePogonichthys macrolepidotus
Conservation statusLeast Concern (Population stable)
Phylum Chordata
Higher classification Pogonichthys
Order Cypriniformes
Rank Species
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ID2093422
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About Sacramento Splittail


The splittail, also called Sacramento splittail, is a cyprinid fish native to the low-elevation waters of the Central Valley in California. It was first described by William O. Ayres in 1854. It is the sole living member of its genus, the Clear Lake splittail P. ciscoides having become extinct in the 1970s.

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