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O. c. utah. Trinomial name. Oncorhynchus clarkii utah. (Suckley, 1874) The Bonneville cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii utah) is a subspecies of cutthroat trout native to tributaries of the Great Salt Lake and Sevier Lake. [2] Most of the fish's current and historic range is in Utah, but they are also found in Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada.
Historically, cutthroat trout was considered one species (Oncorhynchus clarkii).[2] [9] However, recent genetic, taxonomic, and geologic [10] evidence has determined that cutthroat trout should be divided into four species, with each (except for the coastal cutthroat) having multiple subspecies corresponding to the evolutionary lineages [11] found within major river basins.
The cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus sp.) is a group of four fish species [4][5] of the family Salmonidae native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean, Rocky Mountains, and Great Basin in North America. These four species are the Coastal (O. clarkii), Westslope (O. lewisi), Lahontan (O. henshawi), and the Rocky Mountain (O. virginalis).
Historically, the Jordan River was a cold-water fishery that contained 13 native species, including the Bonneville cutthroat trout, Utah Lake sculpin, June sucker, Mottled sculpin, Utah chub and the Utah sucker. Today, the Jordan River is a warm-water fishery with the Utah sucker and the endangered June sucker
The Pine Valley Mountains are a mountain range in Washington County, Utah, United States, spanning the county north of the city of St. George. [ 1 ] The highest point in the range is Signal Peak at 10,365 feet (3,159 m). [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] The mountains are part of Dixie National Forest and are bordered to the south by the Red Cliffs National ...
The lake crosses the Idaho-Utah border, ... sardine-like baitfish — serve as a primary food source for Mackinaw and Bonneville cutthroat. ... (lake trout have very pale coloration in Bear Lake ...
Little Dell contains Brook trout, Brown trout, and is best known for a brood stock of healthy native Bonneville cutthroat trout. Anglers are not allowed to keep any Bonneville cutthroats caught at Little Dell, and all Bonneville cutthroat must be released as part of a Utah state program [8] to protect and promote this specific cutthroat species ...
The 3 miles (4.8 km) long, 7,745 feet (2,361 m) elevation, 230-acre (93-hectare), and 200 feet (61 m) max depth Lake Alice is the largest natural lake found in the western portion of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in the state of Wyoming. It is a unique lake that was created thousands of years ago when a massive landslide peeled from the ...