REMNANT NATIVE FISH COMMUNITIES IN THE BASIN RETAINING FIVE OR MORE NATIVE SPECIES Aravaipa Creek (not including species extirpated and then reintroduced)

NO. OF NATIVE APPROX. LENGTH OF NO. OF NATIVE FISHES COMMONLY WATER OCCUPIED STREAM FISH SPECIES FOUND DURING BY NATIVE FISHES REMAINING ROUTINE SAMPLING 1 ASSEMBLAGE (miles)

Gila River, upper (NM) (inc. East and West Forks) 8 8 120

Eagle Creek 8 6 40 Aravaipa Creek 7 7 20

Fossil Creek 6 5 15

White River (inc. East & North Forks) 6 4* 40

Verde River, upper (above Verde Valley) 6 3 40

San Francisco & Tularosa Rivers 5 5 125

Blue River (inc. Campbell & Dry Blue) 5 5 60

Black River (upper) (inc. East Fork) 5 5 35

Bonita Creek 5 5 35

Hot Springs and Bass Canyons 5 5 15

Redfield Canyon 5 4 15

Sonoita Creek (below Patagonia Dam) 5 4 10

Verde River, Verde Valley to Horseshoe Reservoir 5 4 80

Cherry Creek 5 4 40

Canyon Creek 5 4* 45

Tonto and Rye Creeks 5 3 45

1 Some species may be found only in local areas within the total reach, but are common in those locations. * Recent sampling records are unavailable outside of the White Mountain Apache Tribe.

Extant and Extirpated Native Fishes of Aravaipa Creek (Stefferud and Reinthal 2004)

EXTANT NATIVE FISHES EXTIRPATED NATIVE FISHES OF ARAVAIPA CREEK OF ARAVAIPA CREEK

COMMON SCIENTIFIC FEDERAL COMMON SCIENTIFIC FEDERAL FAMILY FAMILY NAME NAME STATUS* NAME NAME STATUS*

Cyprinidae longfin dace Agosia chrysogaster 2 Cyprinidae Colorado Ptychocheilus E squawfish lucius

Cyprinidae speckled dace Rhinichthys 2 Catostomidae razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus E osculus

Cyprinidae spikedace Meda fulgida T Catostomidae flannelmouth Catostomus 2 sucker latipinnis

Cyprinidae loach minnow Tiaroga cobitis T Poeciliidae Gila topminnow Poeciliopsis E occidentalis

Cyprinidae roundtail chub Gila robusta PE Cyprinodontidae desert pupfish Cyprinodon E macularius

Catastomidae desert sucker Pantosteus clarki 2

Catastomidae Sonora sucker Catostomus insignis 2

*E = endangered; T= threatened; PE = petitioned for endangered; 2 = formerly on the FWS category 2 list, which contained those species for which indication existed that Federal listing might be warranted, but for which sufficient information was not yet available to make that determination. That list was abandoned by the USFWS in 1996.

1 Aravaipa Fishes

• Agosia chrysogaster

Aravaipa Fishes

Speckled Dace - Rhinichthys osculus

2 Aravaipa Fish

• Roundtail Chub - Gila robusta

Aravaipa Fish

• Spikedace – Meda fulgida

3 Aravaipa Fishes

• Loach minnow – Tiaroga cobitis

Aravaipa Fishes

• Desert Sucker – Panrosteus clarki

4 Aravaipa Fishes

• Sonora Sucker – Catostomus insignis

Non-Native Fishes of Aravaipa Creek (Stefferud and Reinthal 2004)

NONNATIVE FISHES OF ARAVAIPA CREEK

YEAR FIRST FAMILY COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME ESTABLISHED RECORDED IN STREAM

Centrarchidae Green sunfish Lepomis cyanellus Y 1963

Centrarchidae Largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides ? 1963

Ictaluridae Yellow bullhead Ameiurus natalis Y 1963

Poeciliidae Western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis Y 1981

Cyprinidae Fathead minnow Pimephales promelas Y 1983

Cyprinidae Common carp Cyprinus carpio ? 1988

Cyprinidae Red shiner Cyprinella lutrensis Y 1990

Ictaluridae Black bullhead Ameiurus melas ? 1990

Ictaluridae Channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus N 1991 - in pond

5 Aravaipa Fishes

• Red Shiner - Cyprinella lutrensis • Yellow Bullheads - Ameiurus natalis • Green Sunfish - Lepomis cyanellus

Aravaipa Monitoring

ARAVAIPA CREEK FISH SAMPLING INTENSITY

-Minckley (ASU) n=255 12 mean = 6.5 Bettaso Velasco started monitoring y 8 Kepner Minckle upon his arrival at Barber & Seibert ASU in 1963 4 Rinne

0

- 9 sites – seine by thanless mean

-4 Williams

students Schreiber

-8 - Best studied group Number of sampling or greater eventsyear per 19641969 1974 1979 19841989 1994 1999 2003 of fishes in

6 Aravaipa Fish Monitoring

• Reinthal - U of A sampling since 2002 • Fall and Spring sampling trips (9 sites) • Depletion sampling - 1 site • Block and Shock - 6 sites

Aravaipa Sampling Fall 2004

G. Knowles 2004

7 Eby, Fagen & Minckley 2003 – based on Minckley data set Upper reach 1 8

0.8 6

0.6 4 0.4 2 0.2 0 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

Canyon reach 1 8 0.8 6

0.6 4 0.4 2 0.2 0 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

Lower reach 1 8

0.8 6 0.6 4 0.4 2 0.2

0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 7 8 8 9 9 0 19 19 19 19 19 20 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Year Year

A. chrysogaster R. osculus M. fulgida G. robusta T. cobitis C. clarki C. insignis

Eby, Fagen & Minckley 2003 – based on Minckley data set

7 6 5 4 3 2

Number of exotic Number species captured 1 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Year

0.35 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 Proportion of total Proportion 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

community compositioncommunity Year

C. carpio C. lutrensis P. promelas A. melas A. natalis G. affinis L. cyanellus M. salmoides

8 Average Daily Flow Aravaipa

1000

100 )

-1 10 ·s 3 1

0.1 log (m

Average daily flow 0.01 9/9/1989 9/9/1991 9/8/1993 9/8/1995 9/7/1997 9/7/1999 9/15/1965 9/15/1967 9/14/1969 9/14/1971 9/13/1973 9/13/1975 9/12/1977 9/12/1979 9/11/1981 9/11/1983 9/10/1985 9/10/1987 Date

Aravaipa Barrier

9