OREGON CHUB
Doug Markle
Latin name: Oregonichthys crameri
The genus, Oregonichthys, is the only vertebrate genus endemic to Oregon. Work in the 1990’s with graduate students Todd Pearsons and Debra Bills led to a petition to list O. crameri in the Willamette River as endangered. Subsequent work with landowners, state and federal agencies led to the first de-listing of a fish (due to recovery) from the Endangered Species List.
Did you know? The Oregon chub is the only fish genus endemic to Oregon.
Publications:
Markle, D. F., T. N. Pearsons and D. T. Bills, 1991. Natural history of Oregonichthys (Pices: Cyprinidae) with a description of a new species from the Umpqua River of Oregon. Copeia, 1991 (2): 277-293.