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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.
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 rainbow trout has a steelhead subspecies, generally accepted as coming from Sonoma Creek. The rainbow trout of New Zealand still show the steelhead tendency to run up rivers in winter to spawn. [2] In Australia, the rainbow trout was introduced in 1894 from New Zealand and is an extremely popular gamefish in recreational angling. [3]
The trout population in the Arroyo Seco, which snakes past the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was nearly wiped out by the 2009 Station fire, according to a report from last year.
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Oncorhynchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae, native to coldwater tributaries of the North Pacific basin. The genus contains twelve extant species, namely six species of Pacific salmon and six species of Pacific trout, all of which are migratory (either anadromous or potamodromous) mid-level predatory fish that display natal homing and ...
The steelhead is a rainbow trout that — unlike its freshwater little brother — grows up in the ocean. And it grows up really big, to 2 or 3 feet. And it grows up really big, to 2 or 3 feet ...
Some 20,000 metric tons of rainbow trout and steelhead trout of unknown/untraceable origin is sold in the US each year as wild salmon. Agyle 02:00, 31 January 2014 (UTC), Seafoodwatch is an advocacy organization. As with ALL advocacy organizations, large or small, prominent or obscure, there is bias and partiality in what they say. Advocacy ...