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Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)

Rainbow trout
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Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: Rainbow trout
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Established in the upper Strickland system but is not utilized for food by local people (Ref. 2847).A government trout hatchery program is presently operating at Kegasugl, Simbu Province at the beginning of the walk-track to Mt. Wilhelm (Ref. 2847). Also Ref. 1739.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 50550).   Subtropical; 10°C - 24°C (Ref. 12741); 67°N - 32°N, 135°E - 117°W

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