| Table 5. Species of fish encountered in each tributary. Return to Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| TRIBUTARY | Bear | Big Chico | Churn | Coyote | Dye | Elder | Inks | Kusal | McClure | Mud | Oat | Olney | Paynes | Pine | Red Bank | Reeds | Salt | Still- water | Sulfur | Thomes | Toomes | CREEKS |
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| bluegill sunfish | . | . | x | . | . | . | x | x | x | x | x | . | . | x | x | . | x | . | . | . | . | 9 |
| California roach | . | . | x | . | x | x | x | . | . | . | x | x | . | x | x | x | x | . | . | x | x | 12 |
| chinook salmon | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | . | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 20 |
| fathead minnow | . | . | . | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| golden shiner | . | . | x | . | . | . | . | x | x | x | x | x | . | . | x | . | x | . | . | . | . | 8 |
| green sunfish | . | . | x | . | x | x | . | . | x | x | . | x | . | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 |
| hardhead | x | x | x | . | x | x | x | x | x | x | . | x | x | x | . | x | x | . | . | x | x | 16 |
| hitch | . | . | . | . | . | x | . | x | . | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | x | 4 |
| largemouth bass | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | x | x | . | . | . | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| mosquitofish | . | . | . | . | x | . | x | . | x | x | x | . | . | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | x | 7 |
| Pacific lamprey | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | x | . | . | x | x | 3 |
| prickly sculpin | . | x | . | . | x | . | . | . | x | x | . | . | . | . | x | x | . | . | . | x | . | 7 |
| rainbow/steelhead | x | . | x | . | . | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | . | x | . | . | . | . | x | x | . | 12 |
| Sacramento splittail | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Sacramento sucker | . | . | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 19 |
| smallmouth bass | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | x | . | . | . | 3 |
| Sacramento squawfish | . | x | x | x | . | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | . | x | x | x | . | x | x | x | x | 17 |
| threespined stickleback | . | . | . | x | x | . | . | . | x | . | . | x | x | . | x | . | x | x | x | . | x | 10 |
| tule perch | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | x | . | x | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| SPECIES OBSERVED | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | . |