Rainbow trout

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The Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal rainbow trout (O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) that usually returns to fresh water to spawn after living two to three years in the ocean. Freshwater forms that have been introduced into the Great Lakes and…

A complete profile of the oncorhynchus mykiss, or rainbow trout

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Pink: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Picture: US Fish and Wildlife Service Also known as humpies, due to the very large hump males get just behind the head, during the spawning phase. Although they are the smallest of the species, they are the most abundant in number. They spend the least amount of time in freshwater, spawning in two year cycles very close to the mouth of streams with little to no upstream migration. While in the ocean they appear to have steel blue to blue green backs, silver…