Lake Mead Razorback Sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) Telemetry
In December of 2004, 2005 and 2008, as well as February 2010 and January 2011 Biotactic assisted Bio-West (Utah) with the set-up of a combined sonic and radio-telemetry project (including capture, surgery/tagging, preliminary tracking) of federally endangered razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) in Lake Mead, Nevada/Arizona. This project was designed to identify perhaps some of the last remaining previously unknown areas in the world where wild razorback sucker populations successfully reproduce and recruit.
![scientific fish processing](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/200812031724-Weighing-a-razorback-sucker-1.jpg)
![razorback sucker surgery](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fishing-nevada-christmas-winter-113.jpg)
![adult razorback sucker species at risk](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fishing-nevada-christmas-winter-176.jpg)
![sedated razorback sucker](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/anesthetized_razorback-1.jpg)
![fish handling](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fishing-nevada-christmas-winter-146.jpg)
![SAR sucker species](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fishing-nevada-christmas-winter-179.jpg)
![sedation of razorback suckers](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tagged_razorback-1.jpg)
![adult razorback sucker](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/C.-Bunt-013-1.jpg)
![netting species at risk](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fishing-nevada-christmas-winter-147.jpg)
![species at risk fish release](https://www.biotactic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Nevada-019.jpg)