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Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 2,151, February 1,998, March 3,101, April 3,629, May 5,612, June 4,887, July 3,879, August 3,457, September 3,039, October 2,410, November 1,940, December 1,965.
United States241,299
Canada62,568
British Columbia38,070
Ontario22,760
Alaska20,134
Wisconsin15,806
Minnesota11,750
Michigan9,210
New York8,468
Pennsylvania8,040

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSalmons, pikes and mudminnows · Salmoniformes
FamilySalmons, Trouts, and Whitefishes · Salmonidae
GenusPacific Salmons and Trouts · Oncorhynchus

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Sources

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