Cutthroat trout
Encyclopedia : C : CU : CUT : Cutthroat trout
The cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. It is one of the many trouts.
Cutthroat trout are native to western North America. Some populations will live in the Pacific Ocean as adults and return to fresh water to spawn in the spring. These sea-run cutthroat trouts are very sought after in fly fishing.
Cutthroat are similar to rainbow trout and will readily interbreed. Cutthroat trout have greenish backs with black spots and red marks in the bottom of their jaws.
There are about 14 separate subspecies of cutthroat trout, including:
- Alvord cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki subsp. (un-named; extinct)
- Bonneville cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki utah
- Coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki clarki
- Colorado River cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki plutriticus
- Greenback cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki stomias (threatened)
- Lahontan cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi (threatened)
- Paiute cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris (threatened)
- Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis
- Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki subsp. (un-named; possibly synonymous with O. c. bouvieri)
- Westslope cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi
- Yellowfin cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki macdonaldi (extinct)
- Yellowstone cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki bouvieri
References
- "[Oncorhynchus clarki]." FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.