USFWS-FAC Prioirty Species by Region Updated 12/08/2015 Region Common Name Scientific Name Taxonomy Anchialine snapping shrimp Metabetaeus lohena Crustaceans Megalagrion nigrohamatum Black-line damselfly Insects nigrolineatum Bliss Rapids snail Taylorconcha serpenticola Snails Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii utah Fishes Borax Lake chub Gila boraxobius Fishes Bruneau hot springsnail Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis Snails Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus Fishes Burbot Lota lota Fishes Chinook salmon - Lower Columbia River ESU Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fishes Chinook salmon - Puget Sound ESU Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fishes Chinook salmon - Snake River Fall Run ESU Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fishes Chinook salmon - Snake River Spring/Summer Run ESU Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fishes Chinook salmon - Upper Columbia River Spring Run ESU Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fishes Chinook salmon - Upper Willamette River ESU Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fishes 1 Chinook salmon or king salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fishes Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta Fishes Chum salmon - Columbia River ESU Oncorhynchus keta Fishes Chum salmon - Hood Canal Summer Chum ESU Oncorhynchus keta Fishes Coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii Fishes Coho salmon - Lower Columbia River ESU Oncorhynchus kisutch Fishes Coho salmon - Oregon Coast ESU Oncorhynchus kisutch Fishes Coho salmon - Southern Oregon/Northern California ESU Oncorhynchus kisutch Fishes Coho salmon or silver salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch Fishes Columbia River redband trout Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdnerii Fishes Crimson Hawaiian damselfly Megalagrion leptodemas Insects Desert valvata Valvata utahensis Snails Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma Fishes Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus Fishes FAC Priority Species 12-7-15 1 of 26 USFWS-FAC Prioirty Species by Region Updated 12/08/2015 Region Common Name Scientific Name Taxonomy Eulachon - Southern DPS Thaleichthys pacificus Fishes Flying earwig Hawaiian damselfly Megalagrion nesiotes Insects Foskett Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus ssp. Fishes green sturgeon Acipenser medirostris Fishes Hapawai Neritina vespertina Snails Hawaiian anchialine shrimp Procaris hawaiiana Crustaceans Hawaiian hypogeal shrimp Calliasmata pholidata Crustaceans Hihiwai Neritina granosa Snails Hutton tui chub Gila bicolor ssp. Fishes Kaku (great barracuda) Sphyraena barracuda Fishes Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi Fishes Lai (largemouthed leatherskin) Scomberoides lysan Fishes Lauan anchialine shrimp Antecaridina lauensis Crustaceans Leatherside chub Snyderichthys copei Fishes 1 Maui anchialine shrimp Palaemonella burnsi Crustaceans Modoc sucker Catostomus microps Fishes Mountain whitefish Prosopium williamsoni Fishes Newcomb's snail Erinna newcombi Snails No common name (Anchialine pool shrimp) Vetericaris chaceorum Crustaceans Northern sea otter Enhydra lutris kenyoni Mammals O`opu akupa Eleotris sandwicensis Fishes O`opu alamo`o Lentipes concolor Fishes O`opu nakea Awaous guamensis Fishes O`opu naniha Stenogobius hawaiiensis Fishes O`opu nopili Sicyopterus stimpsoni Fishes Oceanic damselfly Megalagrion oceanicum Insects Olympic mudminnow Novumbra hubbsi Fishes Opae `oeha`a or Hawaiian prawn Macrobrachium grandimanus Crustaceans FAC Priority Species 12-7-15 2 of 26 USFWS-FAC Prioirty Species by Region Updated 12/08/2015 Region Common Name Scientific Name Taxonomy Opae kala`ole o (mountain shrimp) Atyoida bisulcata Crustaceans Orangeback damselfly Megalagrion xanthomelas Insects Oregon chub Oregonichthys crameri Fishes Pacific Hawaiian damselfly Megalagrion pacificum Insects Pacific lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus Fishes Pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Fishes Pygmy whitefish Prosopium coulterii Fishes Rainbow, Steelhead, Redband trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Fishes River lamprey Lampetra ayresii Fishes Snake River physa Physa natricina Snails Sockeye salmon - Ozette Lake ESU Oncorhynchus nerka Fishes Sockeye salmon - Snake River ESU Oncorhynchus nerka Fishes Sockeye salmon, Kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka Fishes 1 Steelhead - Lower Columbia River DPS Oncorhynchus mykiss Fishes Steelhead - Middle Columbia River DPS Oncorhynchus mykiss Fishes Steelhead - Puget Sound DPS Oncorhynchus mykiss Fishes Steelhead - Snake River Basin DPS Oncorhynchus mykiss Fishes Steelhead - Upper Columbia River DPS Oncorhynchus mykiss Fishes Steelhead - Upper Willamette River DPS Oncorhynchus mykiss Fishes Ulua (giant trevally) Caranx ignobilis Fishes Warner sucker Catostomus warnerensis Fishes Western brook lamprey Lampetra richardsoni Fishes Western pearlshell Margaritifera falcata Clams Westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi Fishes White sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus Fishes White Sturgeon Kootenai River ESU Acipenser transmontanus Fishes Yellowstone cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri Fishes 2 Alligator gar Atractosteus spatula Fishes FAC Priority Species 12-7-15 3 of 26 USFWS-FAC Prioirty Species by Region Updated 12/08/2015 Region Common Name Scientific Name Taxonomy American eel Anguilla rostrata Fishes American paddlefish Polyodon spathula Fishes Apache trout Oncorhynchus gilae apache Fishes Arkansas darter Etheostoma cragini Fishes Arkansas River shiner Notropis girardi Fishes Beautiful shiner Cyprinella formosa Fishes Big Bend gambusia Gambusia gaigei Fishes Black drum Pogonias cromis Fishes Blotched Gambusia Gambusia senilis Fishes Bluehead sucker Catostomus discobolus Fishes Bonytail chub Gila elegans Fishes Burrhead Chub Macrhybopsis marconis Fishes Chihuahua Catfish Ictalurus sp. Fishes Chihuahua chub Gila nigrescens Fishes 2 Chihuahua Shiner Notropis chihuahua Fishes Clear Creek gambusia Gambusia heterochir Fishes Colorado pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius Fishes Comanche Springs pupfish Cyprinodon elegans Fishes Conchos pupfish Cyprinodon eximius Fishes Desert pupfish Cyprinodon macularius Fishes Devils River minnow Dionda diaboli Fishes Flannelmouth sucker Catostomus latipinnis Fishes Fountain darter Etheostoma fonticola Fishes Gila chub Gila intermedia Fishes Gila topminnow Poeciliopsis occidentalis Fishes Gila trout Oncorhynchus gilae Fishes Guadalupe Roundnose Minnow Dionda nigrotaeniata Fishes Headwater chub Gila nigra Fishes FAC Priority Species 12-7-15 4 of 26 USFWS-FAC Prioirty Species by Region Updated 12/08/2015 Region Common Name Scientific Name Taxonomy Humpback chub Gila cypha Fishes Leon Springs pupfish Cyprinodon bovinus Fishes Leopard darter Percina pantherina Fishes Little Colorado spinedace Lepidomeda vittata Fishes Loach minnow Rhinichthys cobitis Fishes Longfin dace Agosia chrysogaster Fishes Longnose dace Rhinichthys cataractae Fishes Manantial Roundnose Minnow Dionda argentosa Fishes Mexican Golden Trout Oncorhynchus chrysogaster Fishes Mexican Redhorse Moxostoma austrinum Fishes Neosho madtom Noturus placidus Fishes Nueces Roundnose Minnow Dionda serena Fishes Opossum Pipefish Microphis brachyurus Fishes Ozark cavefish Amblyopsis rosae Fishes 2 Pahranagut roundtail chub Gila robusta jordani Fishes Pecos Bluntnose Shiner Notropis simus pecosensis Fishes Pecos gambusia Gambusia nobilis Fishes Pecos pupfish Cyprinodon pecosensis Fishes Peppered Chub Macrhybopsis tetranema Fishes Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus Fishes Plateau Shiner Cyprinella lepida Fishes Proserpine Shiner Cyprinella proserpina Fishes Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus Fishes Red drum Sciaenops ocellatus Fishes Rio Grande chub Gila pandora Fishes Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis Fishes Rio Grande darter Etheostoma grahami Fishes FAC Priority Species 12-7-15 5 of 26 USFWS-FAC Prioirty Species by Region Updated 12/08/2015 Region Common Name Scientific Name Taxonomy Rio Grande Shiner Notropis jemezanus Fishes Rio Grande silvery minnow Hybognathus amarus Fishes Rio Grande sucker Catostomus plebeius Fishes Roundtail chub Gila robusta Fishes Sabine shiner Notropis sabinae Fishes Saltmarsh Topminnow Fundulus jenkinsi Fishes San Felipe Gambusia Gambusia clarkhubbsi Fishes Sharpnose shiner Notropis oxyrhynchus Fishes Shiner species Cyprinella Fishes Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Fishes Smalleye shiner Notropis buccula Fishes Sonora chub Gila ditaenia Fishes Speckled chub Macrhybopsis aestivalis Fishes 2 Speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus Fishes Spikedace Meda fulgida Fishes Striped bass Morone saxatilis Fishes Tamaulipas Shiner Notropis braytoni Fishes Texas Silverside Menidia clarkhubbsi Fishes Tex-Mex Gambusia Gambusia speciosa Fishes Toothless Blindcat Trogloglanis pattersoni Fishes Virgin chub Gila seminuda Fishes Virgin spinedace Lepidomeda mollispinis Fishes Widemouth Blindcat Satan eurystomus Fishes Woundfin Plagopterus argentissimus Fishes Yaqui catfish Ictalurus pricei Fishes Yaqui chub Gila purpurea Fishes Yaqui sucker Catostomus bernardini Fishes FAC Priority Species 12-7-15 6 of 26 USFWS-FAC Prioirty Species by Region Updated 12/08/2015 Region Common Name Scientific Name Taxonomy American brook lamprey Lampetra appendix Fishes American eel Anguilla rostrata Fishes American paddlefish Polyodon spathula Fishes Black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus Fishes black redhorse Moxostoma duquesnii Fishes Black sandshell Ligumia recta Clams Blackchin shiner Notropis heterodon Fishes Blacknose dace Rhinichthys atratulus Fishes Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii Reptiles Bloater Coregonus hoyi Fishes Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus Fishes Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis Fishes Butterfly Ellipsaria lineolata Clams Caney Mountain cave crayfish Orconectes stygocaneyi Crustaceans 3 cave crayfish Cambarus aculabrum Crustaceans