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The California golden trout is closely related to two rainbow trout subspecies. The Little Kern golden trout (O. m. whitei), found in the Little Kern River basin, and the Kern River rainbow trout (O. m. gilberti), found in the Kern River system. Together, these three trout form what is sometimes referred to as the "golden trout complex". [4 ...
The golden trout. The golden trout is California's state fish. [6] The golden trout is closely related to two other rainbow trout subspecies found in this wilderness: the Little Kern golden trout (O. m. whitei), found in the Little Kern River basin, and the Kern River rainbow trout (O. m. gilberti), found in the Kern River system.
Rainbow Trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss: Coastal Rainbow Trout or Steelhead Trout: Oncorhyncus mykiss irideus: California Golden Trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita: Little Kern Golden Trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss whitel: Kern River Rainbow Trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti: Sacramento Redband Trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei: Eagle Lake Rainbow ...
The Kern River rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti) is a localized subspecies of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a variety of fish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in a short section of the main stem of the Kern River and several tributaries in the southern Sierra Nevada in California . [ 3 ]
The consequence of these two oversights meant that fish hybridized with rainbow trout and California golden trout were reintroduced back into Little Kern habitat. An additional shortfall of the recovery is that the broodstock populations all came from small headwater streams with small individual populations and low genetic diversity.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), formerly known as the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), is an American state agency under the California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages and protects the state's wildlife, wildflowers, trees, mushrooms, algae (kelp and seaweed) and native ...
In the coming weeks, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission will stock more than 67,000 trout from the Bobby N. Setzer and Armstrong state fish hatcheries into 44 small lakes and ponds ...
The South Fork is the source for irrigation water for agriculture and the rare riparian forests of the valley. The river's upper reaches have populations of golden trout, California's state fish. The golden trout is being reviewed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service for listing under the Endangered Species Act. [7]