Kern River rainbow trout
Kern River rainbow trout | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | O. m. gilberti
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Trinomial name | |
Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti | |
Kern River trout range map |
The Kern River rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti) is a localized subspecies of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a variety of fish in the family Salmonidae. It is found in a short section of the main stem of the Kern River and several tributaries in the southern Sierra Nevada in California.[3] The Kern River rainbow trout is a "Species of Special Concern" in the state of California due to habitat loss and hybridization with other native and non-native trout in their range.[4]
The Kern River rainbow trout is one of three subspecies of O. mykiss that are all endemic to the Kern River basin, sharing the headwaters of the river with the Little Kern golden trout and golden trout. Some of the existing range of the Kern River rainbow trout lies within the California Golden Trout Wilderness.[5]
Distribution
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Notes
- ^ NatureServe (1 March 2024). "Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0743222202.
- ^ "Fish Species of Special Concern". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ^ "ECONOMIC VALUE OF GOLDEN TROUT FISHING IN THE GOLDEN TROUT WILDERNESS, CALIFORNIA" (PDF). caltrout.org. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ^ "Salmon, Steelhead and Trout in California-Status of an Emblematic Fauna" (PDF). UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- ^ "California's Golden Treasure, Our State Fish" (PDF). caltrout.org. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ^ a b "Kern River Rainbow Trout" (PDF). caltrout.org. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
- ^ "Kern River Rainbow Trout (native)". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
External links
- Schreck, C.B.; Behnke, R.J. (1971). "Trouts of the Upper Kern River Basin, California, with Reference to Systematics and Evolution of Western North American Salmo". Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 28 (7). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1971, Vol. 28, 987-99: 987–998. doi:10.1139/f71-143.