Spring 1999 Bulletin

Extinct and Exterpated Fish of New Mexico

The number of species driven to extinction or extirpated from New Mexico is mounting, according to the NM Department of Game and Fish. Twenty-three vertebrate species and subspecies-many of them fish-have been extirpated from New Mexico. Five are now extinct. Every New Mexico county has suffered vertebrate losses, ranging from 4 to 17 species," according to Game and Fish. The list of extirpated and extinct(*) New Mexico species includes:

Shovelnose Sturgeon Colorado River Cutthroat Trout Bonytail Chub Rio Grande Bluntnose Shiner* Phantom Shiner*

New Mexico Sharp-tailed Grouse* Merriam's Elk* Hot Springs Cotton Rat* Spotted Gar American Eel

Beautiful Shiner Palomas Pupfish Freshwater Drum Sage Grouse Grizzly Bear Mink

Please return to Spring 1999 Bulletin Index.