Nevada Bodies of Water

The Greater Short-horned Lizard is a smaller lizard with a stout head and short tail. The head of this lizard is wider than it is long and is shaped like a heart. Horns protrude...

The Western Pond Turtle has marbling along the body and a dark shell. The shell is wide and flat, perfect for swimming. Males have lighter markings on the chin, while females ha...

The Bowcutt (or Cutbow) is a sterile hybrid trout species made from cross-breeding a Rainbow Trout and Cutthroat Trout. Many times, they will look like a Rainbow Trout with larg...

A landlocked sockeye, the Kokanee has a dark blue back with silver sides. During spawning season, males will develop the lower jaw hook and both male and female will turn a dee...

Rich yellow to brassy-green with 6 to 8 dark vertical bars on the sides. Dark green back. No “canine” teeth. The belly is whitish. The dorsal fin has two sections, the front...

These fish are silver-olive with numerous black or dark green splotches on the sides. Forehead is dished and the snout is turned up. Five or more anal spines and 7 or 8 dorsal s...

A slender silver fish, the Mountain Whitefish has a light brown back and fins, and the sides and belly are silver and white with no spots. The tail is deeply forked, and the bod...

Freshwater Brown Trout range in color from silver with few spots and a white belly, to the more well-known brassy brown that fades into a creamy white on the fish's belly, with ...

The Tiger Trout is a sterile hybrid of the Brown Trout and the Brook Trout. The name derives from the pronounced worm-like vermiculation pattern, which evoke the stripes of a t...

Bull Trout are olive green with brown above and on sides, shading to white on belly. Much like the Brook Trout, they have an upper body with yellow spots, sides with red or oran...

Brook Trout are spectacular with their distinct coloring. With olive, blue-gray or black on the back to white on the belly. Their upper body and dorsal fin have dark mottled o...

The Lake Trout is not as brightly colored as other trout. It is dark gray or gray-green towards the top with a light gray or white belly with cream or light yellow spots over th...