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Oncorhynchus mykiss, Rainbow trout : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish
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Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)

Rainbow trout
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Mexico country information

Common names: Baja California rainbow trout, Rainbow trout, Trucha arcoiris
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Importance: commercial | Ref: Anonymous, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Lyons, J., G. González-Hernandéz, E. Soto-Galera and M. Guzmán-Arroyo, 1998
Regulations: no regulations | Ref: Anonymous, 1994
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in northern Baja California (Ref. 27436) near Ciudad Durango (Ref. 96339). Year round fishing; marketed fresh (whole, gutted), frozen or smoked (Ref. 26550). Introduced to the Lerma River basin (Ref. 27639). Also Ref. 43638.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: De la Cruz-Agüero, J., 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Truite arc-en-ciel, Trucha arco iris, Микижа, ... more

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Oncorhynchus: Greek, onyx, -ychos = nail + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335); mykiss: Derived from the Kamchatkan name "mikizha" or "mykyz" (Ref. 10294).
More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học