Speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Speckled Dace (Rhinichthys osculus) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Speckled Dace Rhinichthys osculus in Canada
Table of contents
- COSEWIC Assessment Summary
- COSEWIC Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted
- Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer
- Collections Examined
Endangered 2006
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2006. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 27 pp.
Previous reports:
COSEWIC 2002. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 36 pp.
Peden, A. 2002. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus in Canada, in COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 1-36 pp.
Peden, A.E. 1980. COSEWIC status report on the speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 1-13 pp.
Production note:
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Juanita Ptolemy for writing the update status report on the speckled dace Rhinichthys osculus in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Robert Campbell, Co-chair, COSEWIC Freshwater Fishes Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215
Fax: (819) 994-3684
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le naseux moucheté (Rhinichthys osculus) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
Speckled dace -- Illustration of Rhinichthys osculus from Kettle River, British Columbia (Photograph courtesy of Royal BC Museum).
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2006
Catalogue No. CW69-14/313-2006E-PDF
ISBN 0-662-43318-1
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