Least Chub Candidate Conservation.

From: Endangered Species Bulletin | Date: September 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The least chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis) is a small minnow endemic to the Bonneville Basin of Utah. Historically, it was widely distributed in freshwater ponds, swamps, springs, and tributaries around the Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, and Sevier Lake. Populations were also abundant in springs within the Snake and Utah valleys.

A decline in the distribution and abundance of the least chub was first noted in the 1940's and 1950's. Habitat loss and degradation have been identified as major causes for this downturn. Livestock trampling and grazing along streams and spring complexes ...

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