Type Specimen

THE GLENSBOW TROUT

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MADISON RIVER RAINBOW -- Research specimen; caught and released

.. Rainbow trout have very small, fine scales on their torpedo-shaped body. They have silvery sides with a horizontal pinkish band that varies in intensity in different populations. The back is bluish to greenish with black spots on the back and sides. Rainbows have no teeth on the tongue.
.. Rainbow trout belong to the family of fish known as salmon and are characterized by adipose fins and by an axillary process at the base of each pelvic fin. The caudal fin is not forked, and has radiating rows of black spots.
.. There are more than a hundred varieties of rainbow trout, but only three subspecies: the common rainbow; steelhead (or coastal rainbow); and Kamloops rainbow.
..Rainbows may live up to 11 years, but the usual life span is four to six years. Growth is highly variable, depending on the habitat. A typical stream-dwelling rainbow grows to weigh about 1 pound (0.5 kg) in four years.

Taxonomy *

	Kingdom	Animalia  – Animal, animaux, animals
	Phylum	Chordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Superclass	Osteichthyes  – bony fishes, poissons osseux, osteíceto, peixe ósseo
	Class	Actinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Subclass	Neopterygii  – neopterygians
	Infraclass	Teleostei
	Superorder	Protacanthopterygii
	Order	Salmoniformes  – saumons, salmons
	Family	Salmonidae  – salmonids, trouts and salmons, truchas y salmones, truites et saumons, salmons, trouts
	Subfamily	Salmoninae
	Genus	Oncorhynchus Suckley, 1861 – Pacific salmon
	Species	Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) – rainbow trout, trucha arcoiris, steelhead, truite arc-en-ciel, redband trout
		Direct Children:
	Subspecies-	Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum (Snyder, 1917) – Eagle Lake rainbow trout
	Subspecies-	Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdnerii (Richardson, 1836) – Columbia River redband trout
	Subspecies-	Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti (Jordan, 1894) – Kern golden trout, Kern River rainbow trout
	Subspecies-	Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus (Gibbons, 1955) – coastal rainbow trout
	Subspecies-	Oncorhynchus mykiss mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) – Kamchatkan rainbow trout
	Subspecies-	Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni (Evermann, 1908) – San Pedro Martir trout, Baja California rainbow trout, Nelson's trout
	Subspecies-	Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei (Jordan, 1894) – Sacramento golden trout
	Subspecies-	Oncorhynchus mykiss whitei (Evermann, 1906) – Little Kern golden trout

FROM WIKIPEDIA

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