Definition of Sacramento pikeminnow
: a dull green pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus grandis) chiefly of warm clear streams of central and northern California
- Included in the advisory are safe fish-eating guidelines … . People should avoid eating any striped bass or Sacramento pikeminnow caught in the river.
- —Kymm Mann, Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, California), 14 Aug. 2006
