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Oregon’s Native Migratory Fish

Native migratory fish are defined for fish passage purposes under Oregon Administrative Rule (Division 412, 635-412-0005) as species that migrate for their life cycle needs and include all sub-species and life history patterns of the species in the table below.

More information on ODFW’s Fish Passage Program

Salmon and trout
Common Name Scientific Name
Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus   
Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha   
Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta   
Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
Cutthroat trout (Coastal, Lahontan and Westslope) Oncorhynchus clarkii
Sockeye salmon/Kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka
Steelhead, Rainbow and Redband trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Mountain whitefish Prosopium williamsoni
 
Sturgeon
Common Name Scientific Name
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris
White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus
 
Suckers
Common Name Scientific Name
Bridgelip sucker Catostomus columbianus
Goose Lake sucker Catostomus occidentalis
Klamath smallscale sucker Catostomus rimiculus
Klamath largescale sucker Catostomus snyderi
Largescale sucker Catostomus macrocheilus
Lost River sucker Deltistes luxatus
Modoc sucker Catostomus microps
Mountain sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus
Shortnose sucker Chasmistes brevirostris
Tahoe sucker Catostomus tahoensis
Warner sucker Catostomus warnerensis
 
Lamprey
Common Name Scientific Name
River lamprey Lampetra ayresi
Pit-Klamath lamprey Lampetra lethophaga
Miller Lake lamprey Lampetra minima
Klamath River lamprey Lampetra similes
Pacific lamprey Lampetra tridentate
 
Pikeminnows
Common Name Scientific Name
Northern pikeminnow Ptychocheilus oregonensis
Umpqua pikeminnow Ptychocheilus umpquae
 
Surfperch
Common Name Scientific Name
Redtail surfperch Amphistichus rhodoterus
 
Smelt
Common Name Scientific Name
Longfin smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys
Surf smelt Hypomesus pretiosus
Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus

 

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