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The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia. 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 freshwater to spawn after living two to three years ...
His second trout book, Trout of the World, published in 2003, [5] is a collection of one hundred watercolors of native trout from Europe, Asia and North Africa (updated and expanded in 2013, Abrams). [6] Since those early documentary works Prosek's art has become more conceptual, engaging in questions of how we name, systematize and order nature.
Steelhead in 1924 illustration using the original taxonomic name, Salmo gairdneri The freshwater form of the steelhead is the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).The difference between these forms of the species is that steelhead migrate to the ocean and return to freshwater tributaries to spawn, whereas non-anadromous rainbow trout do not leave freshwater.
Although rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), was initially identified in 1792 in Kamchatka, Siberia by Johann Julius Walbaum, William P. Gibbons, founder of the California Academy of Sciences, believed in 1855 that he had discovered a new species of trout in San Leandro Creek, which he named Salmo iridea (now the coastal rainbow trout ...
The Gallatin River in the valley section has excellent [26] fly fishing for both rainbow and brown trout. Average rainbow size is 12 inches (300 mm). Brown trout average between 12 and 14 inches, although larger fish are often caught. [18] An unlimited number of brown or rainbow trout may be harvested daily.
Jul. 16—Most rainbow trout swimming in Montana's waters are not native to the state — with the singular exception of the redband trout in the Kootenai drainage. While common throughout most of ...
Fish over 12 inches (30 cm) are considered large. Golden trout that have been transplanted to lakes have been recorded up to 11 pounds (5.0 kg). The golden trout should be distinguished from the similarly named golden rainbow trout, also known as the palomino trout. The golden rainbow is a color variant of the rainbow trout. [9]
The Beardslee trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus f. beardsleei) is a local form of rainbow trout endemic to Lake Crescent in the Pacific north-western US state of Washington. Some sources treat them as a subspecies. Known to locals as "bluebacks", Beardslee trout are found nowhere else, and spawn in the Lyre River, near the