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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 ...
The Kern River rainbow trout is a "Species of Special Concern" in the state of California due to habitat loss and hybridization with other native and non-native trout in their range. [ 4 ] The Kern River rainbow trout is one of three subspecies of O. mykiss that are all endemic to the Kern River basin, sharing the headwaters of the river with ...
Eagle Lake trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum) is a subspecies of rainbow trout endemic to Eagle Lake, in Lassen County, California. It is a type of trout known for its ability to withstand high alkalinity . [ 1 ]
Lake McSwain. Trout 3. About 1,000 pounds of rainbow and 1000 pounds of Lightning trout were planted prior to the holiday weekend, and limits or near-limits were the rule within a few days of the ...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is dropping trout from airplanes into hard to reach lakes for the first time in five years. See planes dropping rainbow trout into California lakes ...
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 ...
This subspecies of rainbow trout can grow to very large sizes, possibly having evolved to live longer as low flows often restrict spawning runs up their main spawning stream, Pine Creek. [2] The average size of Eagle Lake trout are about 1.5 lb (0.68 kg) and can exceed 10 lb (4.5 kg).
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 ...