Sacramento blackfish

Blackfish are distinctive for their overall dark color .

The Sacramento blackfish lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater, brackish environment.

The Sacramento blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus, is a cyprinid fish of central California. It is the sole member of its genus. Blackfish are distinctive for their overall dark color (thus the common name). More

Sacramento Blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus Appearance and Identification: More

Sacramento blackfish, caught in the San Joaquin river near Stockton on 11/11/08. Photo by Steve Reem. Sacramento blackfish, caught in the San Joaquin river near Stockton on 11/11/08. Photo by Steve Reem. * Size rarely exceeds 50 cm SL and 1. More

* Sacramento blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus. * Tautog, Tautoga onitis. * Parore, Girella tricuspidata. * Rudderfish, Centrolophus niger. More

Sacramento blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus. * Blackfish Restaurant : Conshohocken, Pennsylvania and Stone Harbor ... More

The Sacramento Blackfish is native to the Sacramento-San Jaquine System and has an elongated (up to 18"), round, slightly compressed body. It's back is dark olive to dark gray with lighter sides (young blackfish are a more overall silver). More

Sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus). Blackfish, like carp a member of the minnow family, are something of a rarity, a native California freshwater fish. More

joins them, Sacramento blackfish, which has defied the odds and manages to thrive in alien assemblages. More

The Sacramento blackfish is an edible fish found in lakes and streams of California; it reaches a length of 18 inches (46 cm). The tripletail and the tauiog, two saltwater fish, are commonly called blackfish. More

Bioavailability of methylmercury to sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus) : Dissolved organic carbon effects Auteur(s) / Author(s) HEEKYOUNG CHOI M. (1) ; CECH J. J. (1) ; LAGUNAS-SOLAR M. C. More

Sacramento Blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus) and Sacramento Perch (Archoplites interruptus) are two local native species which bred in the still, cool waters of the lake, that are still found in the lake today (EIP Associates 2000). More

Sacramento blackfish also reside in the lake. Perch are native to the watershed, but they were reintroduced to provide a unique fishery that you can't find anywhere in the Central Valley. More

Common names

Cernoušek drobnošupinný in Czech (česky)
Černoušek drobnošupinný in Czech (česky)
Sacramento blackfish in English
Sakramento juodžuvės in Lithuanian (lietuvių kalba)
直齒魚 in Mandarin Chinese
直齿鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cyprinidae
Genus : Orthodon
Species : Orthodon microlepidotus
Authority : Ayres, 1854