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.