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Coastal Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarkii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Idaho.January 607, February 554, March 781, April 1,213, May 1,958, June 1,849, July 1,452, August 1,109, September 881, October 648, November 509, December 519.
United States26,880
Idaho12,079
New Mexico2,519
Canada2,041
British Columbia1,772
Oregon1,586
Wyoming1,561
Texas1,396
Washington1,107
Colorado490

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

Remember the name next time.

Practise Coastal Cutthroat Trout with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.