Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Type Specimen

THE GLENSBOW TROUT
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would that they were all like this
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 *

KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals
   PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates
      SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
         SuperclassOsteichthyes  – bony fishes, poissons osseux, osteíceto, peixe ósseo
            ClassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
               SubclassNeopterygii  – neopterygians
                  InfraclassTeleostei 
                     SuperorderProtacanthopterygii 
                        OrderSalmoniformes  – saumons, salmons
                           FamilySalmonidae  – salmonids, trouts and salmons, truchas y salmones, truites et saumons, salmons, trouts
                              SubfamilySalmoninae 
                                 GenusOncorhynchus Suckley, 1861 – Pacific salmon
                                    SpeciesOncorhynchus 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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