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Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)

Rainbow trout
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Common names: Coast range trout, Hardhead, Kamloops
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Found in the Pacific Slope from Washington to Otay River drainage in California (Ref. 86798). Type locality: Columbia River at Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington (Ref. 79012). In range Ref. 1998, 2850. Also Ref. 10294, 34358. Status of threat of the following populations: 1). northern California coastal, central California coastal, California Central Valley, south-central California coastal, lower and middle Columbia River, Snake River basin, upper Willamette River, and Puget Sound populations: threatened. Criteria: 1,2,3,4,5; 2). southern California and upper Columbia River populations: endangered. Criteria: 1,2,3,4,5; and 3). Oregon coastal populations: vulnerable. Criteria: 1,2,3,4,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
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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