Organisms

Oncorhynchus mykiss

A large stout-bodied, sometimes anadromous, TROUT found in still and flowing waters of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. It has a greenish back, a whitish belly, and pink, red, or lavender stripes on the sides, with usually a sprinkling of black dots. It is highly regarded as a sport and food fish. Its former name was Salmo gairdneri. The sea-run rainbow trouts are often called steelheads. Redband trouts refer to interior populations of rainbows.

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Abstract

A large stout-bodied, sometimes anadromous, TROUT found in still and flowing waters of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. It has a greenish back, a whitish belly, and pink, red, or lavender stripes on the sides, with usually a sprinkling of black dots. It is highly regarded as a sport and food fish. Its former name was Salmo gairdneri. The sea-run rainbow trouts are often called steelheads. Redband trouts refer to interior populations of rainbows.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Salmo gairdneri
  • Trout, Rainbow
  • Rainbow Trout
  • Steelhead
  • Trout, Redband
  • Redband Trout
  • Steelheads

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17 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse entry term SALMO GAIRDNERI with SALMON

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History Note

94; SALMO GAIRDNERI was see TROUT 1987-93

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Previous Indexing

  • Fishes (1966-1967)
  • Salmonidae (1968-1974)
  • Trout (1975-1993)

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.493w.817w.750w.825w.580w.600w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Oncorhynchus mykiss. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017686. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017686
  2. Oncorhynchus mykiss. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_trout
  3. Oncorhynchus mykiss. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187986