Fish Species Richness at Yowkwala - Year 1 (2002)
Common Name Scientific Name Number Caught
Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha         324
Coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch       2,404
Chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta         258
Pink Oncorhynchus gorbuscha         202
Cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii             3
Starry flounder Platichthys stellatus             1
Staghorn sculpin Leptocottus armatus             7
Silverspot sculpin Blepsias cirrhosus             2
Great sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus             1
Buffalo sculpin Enophrys bison             5
Sculpin unidentified; 2 species           36
Surf smelt Hypomesus pretiosus         208
Shiner perch Cymatogaster aggregata         870
Striped perch Embiotoca lateralis             1
Pile perch Damalichthys vacca           11
Penpoint gunnel Apodichthys flavidus             2
Crescent gunnel Pholis laeta             1
Saddleback gunnel Pholis ornata             5
Tubesnout Aulorhynchus flavidus           11
Threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus           42
Pacific herring Clupea pallasii         121
Sandlance Ammodytes hexapterus           14
Shad Alosa sapidissima             1
Whitespot greenling Hexagrammos stelleri             1
Ratfish Hydrolagus colliei             1