Yellowstone cutthroat trout
Yellowstone cutthroat trout | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | O. c. bouvieri
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Trinomial name | |
Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883)
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The Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri) is a subspecies of the
Continental Divide in Yellowstone Lake and in the Yellowstone River as well as its tributaries downstream to the Tongue River in Montana.[2] The species is also found in Idaho, Utah and Nevada.[3]
It is believed that it got into Yellowstone River (which drains into Atlantic) from Snake River (which drains into Pacific) drainages through a small creek known as Parting of the Waters. It is one of the few aquatic species that has crossed a continental divide.[4][5]
Population threats
Their range has been reduced by overfishing and
whirling disease in major spawning tributaries.[6]
Although lake trout were established in Shoshone and Lewis lakes in the Snake River drainage from U.S. government stocking operations in 1890, they were never officially introduced into the Yellowstone River drainage and their presence there is probably the result of accidental or illegal introductions.[6][7]
See also
- Angling in Yellowstone National Park
- Ecology of the Rocky Mountains – Ecology of the Rocky Mountain range in North America
- Fish of Montana
- Fishing in Wyoming
- Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout – Subspecies of fish
References
- ^ NatureServe (4 August 2023). "Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Montana Field Guide-Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
- ^ Gresswell, Robert E. (June 30, 2009). "Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri): A Technical Conservation Assessment" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "NPS: Explore Nature » NNL » Sites". Nature.nps.gov. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ^ "The Popular Science Monthly". Archive.org. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
- ^ a b "The Yellowstone Lake Crisis: Confronting a Lake Trout Invasion" (PDF). National Park Service. 1995. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Kendall, W. C. (1921). The Fishes of the Yellowstone National Park. Washington D.C.: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. pp. 22–23.
Further reading
- Trotter, Patrick C. (2008). Cutthroat: Native Trout of the West (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25458-9.
External links
- Wyoming Fish & Game Commission website
- Media related to Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri at Wikimedia Commons