Columbia River redband trout

Columbia River redband trout
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Salmoniformes
Family:Salmonidae
Genus:Oncorhynchus
Species: O. mykiss
Subspecies: O. m. gairdneri
Trinomial name
Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri
(Richardson, 1836)

The Columbia River redband trout,[1] the inland redband trout[2] or the interior redband trout[1] (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) is one of three redband trout subspecies of the rainbow trout in the Salmonidae family.[3] It is native in the Columbia River and its tributaries in Montana, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. It includes sea-run anadromous forms, which are known as redband steelhead. Also the large Kamloops rainbow trout is included.[2]

Redband Trout in the Boise National Forest, Idaho

See also

  • Fish of the Western United States
  • Freshwater fish of the United States

References

  1. 1 2 Columbia River Redband Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri fieldguide.mt.gov
  2. 1 2 Inland Redband Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri fishandgame.idaho.gov
  3. ↑ Behnke, Robert J.; Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator) (2002). "Rainbow and Redband Trout". Trout and Salmon of North America. The Free Press. pp. 65–122. ISBN 0-7432-2220-2.


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