Orthodon microlepidotus, Sacramento blackfish

Orthodon microlepidotus (Ayres, 1854)

Sacramento blackfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Laviniinae
Etymology: Orthodon: Greek, ortho = straight + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ayres.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Temperate; 39°N - 35°N

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North America: Sacramento-San Joaquin, Pajaro and Salinas River drainages; Clear Lake in California, USA; also Russian River, where possibly introduced; introduced to Santa Ana River in California and Humboldt River system in Nevada.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5723); common length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 72462)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11. Dorsal fin with 9-11 rays; dorsal-fin origin in front of pelvic-fin origin; 90-105 scales on lateral line; wide head, flat above; slightly upturned mouth; slender, compressed body; long narrow caudal peduncle; pharyngeal teeth 0,6-6,0 or 0,6-5,0; light to dark gray above, often olive sheen; silver side (Ref. 86798).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in lakes, backwaters and sluggish pools of small to large rivers. Usually found in warm turbid water (Ref. 86798).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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