Species

Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow trout)

Oncorhynchus mykiss. Photo: (c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called “steelhead trout”) is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal rainbow trout (O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) that usually returns to fresh water to spawn after living two to three years in the ocean. Freshwater forms that have been introduced into…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
        Order: Salmoniformes (Salmons, trouts, and whitefishes)
        Family: Salmonidae (Salmons, trouts, and whitefishes)
        Subfamily: Salmoninae (Salmons and trouts)
        Genus: Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmons and trouts)
        Species: Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow trout)
        Subspecies: Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus (Coastal rainbow trout)

Subtaxa

Subspecies: Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus (Coastal rainbow trout)

Sightings

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