Baja California rainbow trout
| Baja California rainbow trout | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | O. m. nelsoni
|
| Trinomial name | |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni | |
The Baja California rainbow trout or San Pedro Martir trout or Nelson's trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni) is a localized subspecies of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae.
Baja California rainbow trout is one of many species of Mexican native trout.
Distribution
It is
Taxonomy
19th century
The first records of trout in northwestern Mexico were published by
Baja California Peninsula
(1905) to document flora and fauna.
20th century
In 1908, preserved specimens of trout that Nelson brought back from the Rio Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo creek) in the
ichthyologist B.W. Evermann as a new species Salmo nelsoni, the Baja rainbow trout.[4]
In 1989,
Atlantic basin.[5] Thus, in 1989, taxonomic authorities moved the rainbow, cutthroat and other Pacific basin trout, including the Mexican native trout into the genus Oncorhynchus.[6]
Thus Salmo mykiss nelsoni became O. m. nelsoni.
See also
References
- ^ "Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ISBN 0-8263-2273-5.
- ISBN 0-913235-78-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59921-203-6.
- hdl:2027.42/140998.
- ISBN 0-7432-2220-2.
 | This Salmonidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |