Sacramento pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Ptychocheilus grandis · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 140 cm
The Sacramento pikeminnow is a demersal leuciscid whose adults inhabit rocky and sandy pools and runs of small to large rivers, usually in clear, warm streams, and it has voracious, pike-like habits. Small individuals of 7 cm standard length or less are found in shallow water with cover and lower velocities, and their microhabitat use is controlled by the presence of large pikeminnows, which connote intraspecific predation; the shift is significantly influenced by the presence rather than the number of large fish in the area. Maximum length is about 140 cm total length, commonly about 40 cm, and it can live nine years. It is a minor commercial species, a gamefish and a usual bait species. Fishing vulnerability is very high at 82 of 100 and resilience very low. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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