Range and Identity
Orthodon microlepidotus occurs naturally in the Sacramento-San Joaquin, Pajaro and Salinas region and Clear Lake. Some additional waters have known or possible introduction histories. Those records should retain their origin context rather than be merged into one unqualified native range.
Habitat and Behavior
Adults inhabit lakes and slow river habitats, often in warm, turbid water. A backwater and a sluggish main-river pool can provide different forms of shelter from stronger current. The immediate conditions are more informative than a broad river-versus-lake category alone.
Food and Life History
The upper reference is fifty-five centimeters total length, with thirty-five centimeters given as a common size. The checked summary does not establish an independent maximum mass or detailed feeding proportions. A migration route is not inferred merely from occurrence in connected river and lake environments.
Field Note
Keep introduction uncertainty where the source includes it. A fish can be securely identified in a waterbody even when the historical origin of that population remains less certain.
All Lakes With Sacramento Blackfish
Browse lakes and reservoirs with documented Sacramento Blackfish records, listed alphabetically. Records do not establish current abundance or public access. Check the evidence and managing authority for the water you choose.
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- A L Chaffin Dam Butte, CA
- Abbott Lake Sutter, CA
- Adobe Reservoir Lake, CA
- Aeree El Dorado, CA
- Almaden Reservoir Santa Clara, CA
- Almond Reservoir Alameda, CA
- Antioch Municipal Reservoir Contra Costa, CA
- Anza Lagoon San Mateo, CA
- Anzar Lake San Benito, CA
- Arden Bar Pond Sacramento, CA
- Arthur Lake Shasta, CA
- Averys Pond Placer, CA
- Avocado Lake Fresno, CA
- Baldwin Reservoir Placer, CA
- Bass Lake El Dorado, CA
- Battle Creek Pond Tehama, CA
- Bay Front Channel San Mateo, CA
- Bear Gulch Reservoir San Mateo, CA
- Bear Lake (historical) Sacramento, CA
- Beaver Lake Yolo, CA
- Bell Canyon Reservoir Napa, CA
- Beltz Lake Stanislaus, CA
- Belvedere Lagoon Marin, CA
- Benight Pond Fresno, CA