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Sockeye Salmon (Kokanee) (Oncorhynchus nerka)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Sockeye Salmon (Kokanee) (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Spending its entire life in freshwater, the kokanee salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, is a landlocked form of the sockeye salmon. Kokanee salmon are a popular nonnati...


Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii)

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Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi)

The Lahontan cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi, is a race of the cutthroat trout native to the Lahontan Basin of Oregon, California, and western Ne...


Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii utah)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii utah)

The Bonneville cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii utah, is a race, or subspecies, of the cutthroat trout native to the Bonneville Basin of Utah, Wyoming, Ida...


Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Colorado River Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus)

The Colorado River cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus, is a race, or subspecies, of the cutthroat trout that is native to the upper Colorado Rive...


Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri)

The Yellowstone cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri, is a popular sport fish that is native to parts of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada. It...


Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

The rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, is an extremely popular sport fish with Utah anglers. Although the species is native to western North America, it is not...


Golden Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Golden Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita)

The golden trout, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, is a rare sport fish that is not native to Utah. The native range of the golden trout is the South Fork of the Kern R...


Bear Lake Whitefish (Prosopium abyssicola)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Bear Lake Whitefish (Prosopium abyssicola)

The Bear Lake whitefish, Prosopium abyssicola, is found only in Bear Lake on the Utah-Idaho border. The species inhabits the cold areas of Bear Lake, staying in...


Bonneville Cisco (Prosopium gemmifer)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Bonneville Cisco (Prosopium gemmifer)

The Bonneville cisco, Prosopium gemmifer, is one of three whitefish species endemic to (found only in) Bear Lake on the Utah-Idaho border. Bonneville cisco gene...


Bonneville Whitefish (Prosopium spilonotus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Bonneville Whitefish (Prosopium spilonotus)

The Bonneville whitefish, Prosopium spilonotus, is one of three whitefish species found only in Bear Lake on the Utah-Idaho border. Bonneville whitefish prefer ...


Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)

The mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsoni, is a member of the salmon and trout family native to the western United States and western Canada. The species pr...


Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)

The brown trout, Salmo trutta, is native to Europe and western Asia. During the past 100 years, the species has been established in many of the cool and cold wa...


Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

The brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, is a sport fish native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada. Although not native to Utah, the brook trout has...


Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

The lake trout or mackinaw, Salvelinus namaycush, is popular sport fish native to Alaska, Canada, and parts of the northern United States, including the Great L...


Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

» Animals (Animalia) › Vertebrates (Craniata) › Fish (Actinopterygii) › Salmon / Trout (Salmoniformes) › Trout (Salmonidae) › Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)

The arctic grayling, Thymallus arcticus, is beautiful sport fish that is easily recognizable due to its large sail-like dorsal fin. The arctic grayling is holar...


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Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Have feathers and lay eggs

Use gills to breathe

Have hair, feed young milk, warm blooded.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Long cylindrical body. Have a fluid-filled cavity (coelom) between the outer body wall and the gut that is typically segmented into a series of compartments.

Hard exoskeleton, two compound eyes, two paris of antennae, three paris of mouth parts. Aquatic, gill breathing.

Identified by mandible mouth parts and 3 distinct body parts (head, thorax, abdomen).

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa gibsoni)

Beach-dune Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela hirticollis corpuscula)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela limbata)

Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle (Cicindela albissima)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nevadica tubensis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nigrocoerulea)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela obsoleta)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica kirbyi)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tranquebarica moapana)

Little White Tiger Beetle (Cicindela lepida)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela purpurea)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela purpurea audubonii)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela longilabris)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela nebraskana)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona)

Maricopa Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona maricopa)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela oregona navajoensis)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela decemnotata)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela fulgida)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela parowana)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela tenuicincta)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela willistoni)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela willistoni echo)

A Tiger Beetle (Cicindela punctulata)

Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)

Arizona Toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus)

Canyon Treefrog (Dryophytes arenicolor)

Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata)

Pacific Treefrog (Hyliola sierrae)

Baja California Treefrog (Hyliola hypochondriaca)

Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana)

Mexican Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata)

Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)

Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens)

Yavapai Leopard Frog (Lithobates yavapaiensis)

Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

(Cicindela limbalis)

(Cicindela tranquebarica parallelonota)

(Cicindela repanda repanda)

Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)

Woodhouse's Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)

(Cicindela tranquebarica lassenica)

American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

(Cicindela longilabris perviridis)

Plains Spadefoot (Spea bombifrons)

(Cicindela purpurea cimarrona)

(Cicindela fulgida fulgida)

(Cicindela parowana remittens)

Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus)

(Cicindela tranquebarica tranquebarica)

(Cicindela longilabris laurentii)

Relict Leopard Frog (Lithobates onca)

(Cicindela oregona guttifera)

(Cicindela oregona oregona)

(Cicindela nigrocoerulea nigrocoerulea)

(Cicindela parowana parowana)

(Cicindela repanda tanneri)

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)

Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

American Golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica)

Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)

Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)

Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)

Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)

Mew Gull (Larus canus)

Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

California Gull (Larus californicus)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Thayer's Gull (Larus glaucoides thayeri)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)

Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

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