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Priority Species List: Vertebrates:
(Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals)

FISH
For information on state listed or candidate species, see the SOC List.
COMMON NAME	Scientific name	SPECIES CRITERIA			WASHINGTON STATUS	Priority Area	GEOGRAPHIC AREA (WDFW) Regions
Lamprey (Petromyzontidae)
River lamprey	Lampetra ayresi	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1			4	5	6
Sturgeon (Acipenseridae)
Green sturgeon	Acipenser medirostris		2	3	Food fish	Any occurrence				4	5	6
White sturgeon	Acipenser transmontanus		2	3	Food fish	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Herring (Clupeidae)
Pacific herring	Clupea pallasi	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Breeding areas; regular large concentrations				4		6
Mudminnows (Umbridae)
Olympic mudminnow	Novumbra hubbsi	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence				4	5	6
Minnows (Cyprinidae)
Lake chub	Couesius plumbeus	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3		5
Leopard dace	Rhinichthys falcatus	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3		5
Umatilla dace	Rhinichthys umatilla	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3
Suckers (Catostomidae)
Mountain sucker	Catostomus platyrhynchus	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3		5
Catfishes (Ictaluridae)
Channel catfish	Ictalurus punctatus			3	Game	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Smelt (Osmeridae)
Eulachon	Thaleichthys pacificus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular concentrations				4	5	6
Longfin smelt	Spirinchus thaleichthys		2	3	Food fish	Breeding areas; regular large concentrations				4		6
Surfsmelt	Hypomesus pretiosus		2	3	Food fish	Breeding areas; regular large concentrations				4		6
Trout, Salmon, & Whitefishes (Salmonidae)
Bull trout/Dolly Varden	Salvelinus confluentis/S. malma	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Game	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Chinook salmon	Oncorhynchus tschawytscha	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Chum salmon	Oncorhynchus keta	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Any occurrence				4	5	6
Coastal resident/Searun cutthroat	Oncorhynchus clarki clarki			3	Game	Any occurrence				4	5	6
Coho salmon	Oncorhynchus kisutch		2	3	Food fish	Any occurrence		2	3	4	5	6
Kokanee	Oncorhynchus nerka			3	Game	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Pink salmon	Oncorhynchus gorbuscha		2	3	Food fish	Any occurrence				4		6
Pygmy whitefish	Prosopium coulteri	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Rainbow trout/Steelhead	Oncorhynchus mykiss	1		3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Game	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Sockeye salmon	Oncorhynchus nerka	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Westslope cutthroat	Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi			3	Game	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Cods (Gadidae)
Pacific cod	Gadus macrocephalus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Breeding areas; regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Pacific hake	Merluccius productus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Breeding areas; regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Walleye pollock	Theragra chalcogramma	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Breeding areas; regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Rockfish (Scorpaenidae)
Black rockfish	Sebastes melanops	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Bocaccio rockfish	Sebastes paucispinis	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Brown rockfish	Sebastes auriculatus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Canary rockfish	Sebastes pinniger	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
China rockfish	Sebastes nebulosus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Any occurrence				4		6
Copper rockfish	Sebastes caurinus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Greenstriped rockfish	Sebastes elongatus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Quillback rockfish	Sebastes maliger	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Redstripe rockfish	Sebastes proriger	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Tiger rockfish	Sebastes nigrocinctus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Any occurrence				4		6
Widow rockfish	Sebastes entomelas	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Yelloweye rockfish	Sebastes ruberrimus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Any occurrence				4		6
Yellowtail rockfish	Sebastes flavidus	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species; Food fish	Regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Greenlings (Hexagrammidae)
Lingcod	Ophiodon elongatus		2	3	Food fish	Any occurrence				4		6
Sculpins (Cottidae)
Margined sculpin	Cottus marginatus	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1
Sunfishes (Centrarchidae)
Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides			3	Game	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Smallmouth bass	Micropterus dolomieui			3	Game	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Perches (Percidae)
Walleye	Stizostedion vitreum			3	Game	Any occurrence	1	2	3		5
Sand Lances (Ammodytidae)
Pacific sand lance	Ammodytes hexapterus		2	3	Food fish	Breeding areas; regular large concentrations				4		6
Right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae)
English sole	Parophyrs vetulus			3	Food fish	Breeding site				4		6
Rock sole	Lepidopsetta bilineata			3	Food fish	Breeding areas; regular large concentrations				4		6
AMPHIBIANS
For information on state listed or candidate species, see the SOC List.
COMMON NAME	Scientific name	SPECIES CRITERIA			WASHINGTON STATUS	Priority Area	GEOGRAPHIC AREA (WDFW) Regions
Frogs (Anura)
Columbia spotted frog	Rana luteiventris	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4
Northern leopard frog	Rana pipiens	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3		5
Oregon spotted frog	Rana pretiosa	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence					5	6
Rocky Mountain tailed-frog	Ascaphus montanus	1			State Listed or Candidiate Species	Any occurrence	1
Western toad	Bufo boreas	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3	4	5	6
Salamanders (Caudata)
Cascades torrent salamander	Rhyacotriton cascadae	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence					5	6
Columbia torrent salamander	Rhyacotriton kezeri	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence					5	6
Dunn's salamander	Plethodon dunni	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence					5	6
Larch Mountain salamander	Plethodon larselli	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence			3	4	5
Van Dyke's salamander	Plethodon vandykei	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence					5	6
REPTILES
For information on state listed or candidate species, see the SOC List.
COMMON NAME	Scientific name	SPECIES CRITERIA			WASHINGTON STATUS	Priority Area	GEOGRAPHIC AREA (WDFW) Regions
Sagebrush lizard	Sceloporus graciousus	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3
Snakes(Squamata)
California mountain kingsnake	Lampropeltis zonata	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence					5
Sharptail snake	Contia tenuis	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence		2	3		5	6
Striped whipsnake	Masticophis taeniatus	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence	1	2	3
Turtles (Testudines)
Western pond turtle	Clemmys marmorata	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence				4	5	6
BIRDS
For information on state listed or candidate species, see the SOC List.
COMMON NAME	Scientific name	SPECIES CRITERIA			WASHINGTON STATUS	Priority Area	GEOGRAPHIC AREA (WDFW) Regions
Marine Birds
American white pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Breeding areas; regular and regular large concentrations	1	2	3		5
Brandt's cormorant	Phalacrocorax penicillatus	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Breeding areas; regular and regular large concentrations				4	5	6
Brown pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Regular concentrations in foraging and resting areas						6
Cassin's auklet	Ptychoramphus aleuticus	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Breeding areas						6
Common loon	Gavia immer	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Breeding sites, regular and regular large concentrations	1	2	3	4	5	6
Common murre	Uria aalge	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Breeding areas, regular and regular large concentrations				4		6
Eastern Washington breeding concentrations of: Cormorants			2			Breeding areas	1	2	3
Eastern Washington breeding concentrations of: Grebes			2			Breeding areas	1	2	3
Eastern Washington breeding: Terns			2			Breeding areas	1	2	3		5
Marbled murrelet	Brachyramphus marmoratus	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence in suitable habitat during breeding season; regular and regular large concentrations				4	5	6
Short-tailed albatross	Phoebastria albatrus	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Any occurrence						6
Tufted puffin	Fratercula cirrhata	1	2	3	State Listed or Candidate Species	Regular concentrations; breeding areas				4		6
Western grebe	Aechmophorus occidentalis	1	2		State Listed or Candidate Species	Breeding areas	1	2	3
Western Washington breeding concentrations of: Alcids			2			Breeding areas				4		6
Western Washington breeding concentrations of: Cormorants			2			Breeding areas				4		6
Western Washington breeding concentrations of: Storm-petrels			2			Breeding areas				4		6
Western Washington breeding concentrations of: Terns			2			Breeding areas				4		6
Western Washington nonbreeding concentrations of: Alcids			2			Regular large concentrations				4		6
Western Washington nonbreeding concentrations of: Cormorants			2			Regular large concentrations				4		6
Western Washington nonbreeding concentrations of: Fulmar, Shearwaters			2			Regular large concentrations				4		6
Western Washington nonbreeding concentrations of: Grebes			2			Regular large concentrations				4		6
Western Washington nonbreeding concentrations of: Loons			2			Regular large concentrations				4		6
Western Washington nonbreeding concentrations of: Storm-petrels			2			Regular large concentrations				4		6
Herons (Ciconiiformes)
Black-crowned night heron	Nycticorax nycticorax		2			Breeding areas	1	2	3	4	5	6
Great blue heron	Ardea herodias		2			Breeding areas	1	2	3	4	5	6
Waterfowl (Anseriformes)
Aleutian Canada goose	Branta canadensis leucopareia	1			State Listed or Candidate Species	Regular concentrations					5	6
Barrow's goldeneye	Bucephala islandica			3	Game	Breeding areas	1	2	3	4	5	6
Brant	Branta bernicla		2	3	Game	Regular large concentrations in foraging and resting areas, migratory stopovers				4		6
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola			3	Game	Breeding areas	1	2	3	4	5	6
Common goldeneye	Bucephala clangula