Younger #blackfish (#Orthodon #microlepidotus) individuals are more silvery, but darken as they age. They feed on #zooplankton, planktonic algae, and floating detritus. Denizens of the warm #turbid waters, #sloughs #oxbow #lakes & #reservoirs Pics https://www.wcfisheries.com/sacramento-blackfish

Day 69 of #JRBPVirtualTour! We bring you the first #fish, the native #Sacramento #blackfish (#Orthodon #microlepidotus). It is a #cyprinid fish in #California, sole member of its genus. Pics gallery.nanfa.org/v/members/ebparks/canati...