The Columbia River redband trout,[1] the inland redband trout[2] or the interior redband trout[1] (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) is one of three redband trout subspecies of the rainbow trout in the family Salmonidae.[3] It is native in the Columbia River and its tributaries in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana. It includes sea-run anadromous forms, which are known as redband steelhead. Also the large Kamloops rainbow trout is included.[2]
Columbia River redband trout | |
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Redband trout in the Boise National Forest, Idaho | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | O. m. gairdneri
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Trinomial name | |
Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri (Richardson, 1836)
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References
edit- ^ a b Columbia River Redband Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri fieldguide.mt.gov
- ^ a b Inland Redband Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri fishandgame.idaho.gov
- ^ Behnke, Robert J.; Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator) (2002). "Rainbow and Redband Trout". Trout and Salmon of North America. The Free Press. pp. 65–122. ISBN 0-7432-2220-2.