Common names:
Truite arc en ciel, Truite arc-en-ciel
Occurrence:
introduced
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
|
Ref:
Importance:
commercial
|
Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture:
commercial
|
Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations:
|
Ref:
Uses:
no uses
Comments:
First introduced into France in 1884, it was the subject of numerous subsequent introductions for the development of amateur fishing (Ref. 11941). Established only in the basin of the Rhone and in the provinces of Ariege, the Pyrenees Orientales and Cantal. Naturalized in the Alpine lakes such as Lac du Mont-Cenis, Lac d'Ilheou and in Lac de l'Oueil Negre. Also established in the upper drainage basins of the Gave d'Aspe and Gaube, and are said to breed in the Beaumes river (Ref. 13364). Legal minimum size is 23 cm, sometimes 18 cm in the mountains and 25 cm in the lowlands (Ref. 30578). Production in France is said to exceed 50,000 tons/yr (Ref. 30578).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Keith, P. and J. Allardi (coords.), 2001
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Oncorhynchus:Greek, onyx, -ychos = nail + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335); mykiss:Oncorhynchus=hooked snout; mykiss=a vernacular name for the species in Kamchatka, Russia (Ref. 79012). More on author: Walbaum.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
