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The splittail is a minnow found in marshes and sloughs of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that was listed as threatened between 1999 and 2003.
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The splittail is a minnow found in marshes and sloughs of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that was listed as threatened between 1999 and 2003.
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The native fish fauna was continentally distinctive with four separate Chinook salmon runs and a number of endemic species (and higher taxa) such as the Tule perch, delta smelt, Sacramento blackfish, Sacramento splittail, Sacramento perch, and the Sacramento sucker.
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The feast they're going to have before cutting their swath through the splittail.
Passage at Arms Cook, Glen 1985
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Tens of thousands of striped bass, Sacramento blackfish, Sacramento splittail, largemouth bass and other species perished in the unprecedented ecological disaster.
Indybay newswire Dan Bacher 2010
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In its latest decision, the Fish and Wildlife Service said scientific data failed to show a significant long-term decline of splittail populations.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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The fish rescue was overwhelmingly successful, resulting in the saving of 1831 striped bass and tens of thousands of Sacramento blackfish, Sacramento splittail, largemouth bass, threadfin shad and other species.
Indybay newswire Dan Bacher 2010
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The decision puts the Obama administration on the same side as a former Bush administration official who was accused of improper political interference in dozens of endangered species cases, including a 2003 decision to remove the Sacramento splittail from the threatened species list.
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Tens of thousands of striped bass, Sacramento blackfish, Sacramento splittail, largemouth bass and other species perished in the unprecedented ecological disaster.
Indybay newswire Dan Bacher 2010
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The fish rescue was overwhelmingly successful, resulting in the saving of 1831 striped bass and tens of thousands of Sacramento blackfish, Sacramento splittail, largemouth bass, threadfin shad and other species.
Indybay newswire Dan Bacher 2010
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