| Columbia River redband trout | |
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| Redband trout in the Boise National Forest, Idaho | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | O. m. gairdneri
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| Trinomial name | |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri (
Richardson, 1836)
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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 family Salmonidae. [3] It is native in the Columbia River and its tributaries in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana. It includes sea-run anadromous forms, which are known as redband steelhead. Also the large Kamloops rainbow trout is included. [2]
References
- ^ a b Columbia River Redband Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri fieldguide.mt.gov
- ^ a b Inland Redband Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri fishandgame.idaho.gov
- ^ 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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Categories:
- Oncorhynchus
- Columbia River
- Endemic fish of the United States
- Fish of the Western United States
- Freshwater fish of the United States
- Fauna of the Northwestern United States
- Natural history of Idaho
- Natural history of Montana
- Natural history of Oregon
- Natural history of Washington (state)
- Salmoniformes stubs