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Nevada Bodies of Water

Spotted Bass

Spotted Bass

One of the several black basses found in a few northern Nevada waters such as Lahontan and Rye Patch reservoirs and Sparks Marina Pond. Green to dark green on back and sides wit...
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Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass

The largest of the Black Basses, Largemouth Bass are generally dark green to olive in color with their sides almost as dark as the top of their body.  Their belly is milk whit...
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White Bass

White Bass

Dark gray to black on the back, with bright silvery sides and white belly. The sides have dark stripes or lines (about 5 are above the lateral line). There are 13 or 14 rays in ...
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Wiper (White/Striped Bass Hybrid)

Wiper (White/Striped Bass Hybrid)

A hybrid bass produced by crossing a female white bass with a male striped bass. Hybrids closely resemble both striped bass and white bass making identification difficult, parti...
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Striped Bass

Striped Bass

Body olive-green above, shading through silvery on sides to white on belly with brassy reflection. There are 7 to 8 longitudinal dark stripes following the scale rows. A spiny d...
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Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout

Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout

Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout can be distinguished from other cutthroat trout by their larger black spots, clustered toward the tail, and by their gray, gold, and copper hues. It...
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Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

Stream form Lahontan Cutthroat Trout have a faint rosy-pink band along the lateral line, cutthroat slashes, darker coloration dominated by copper to green hues, numerous body sp...
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Bonneville Cutthroat Trout

Bonneville Cutthroat Trout

Bonneville Cutthroat Trout generally have large, evenly distributed spots, but there can be a high degree of intra-basin variation. Bonneville Cutthroat Trout tend to develop la...
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Rainbow Trout

Rainbow Trout

Body usually olive to greenish-blue on the back; belly white to silver; and sides usually show prominent red or pink streak. Fish from lakes sometimes lose all color and appear ...
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Redband Trout

Redband Trout

Redband Trout are a subspecies of the Rainbow Trout. As the name suggests, these fish have a rosy red stripe along the lateral line to a brick red lateral band (especially in sp...
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Common Raven

Common Raven

The Common Raven is a medium-to large-sized bird that is covered in completely black feathers. The Common Raven is often mistaken for the American crow. They are distinguishable...
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Ferruginous Hawk

The Ferruginous Hawk is the largest hawk found in North America. It has a gray head and bright white feathers touched with rusty buff feathers near the shoulders on its undersid...
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