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Card 6/142

Name

Oncorhynchus mykiss

rainblow trout

Framing

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Salmoniformes

Genus: Oncorhynchus

Species: mykiss

Habitat

Marine and freshwater, anadromous (some not). Pelagic juveniles, adults breed in upper reaches of rivers, also live in lakes.

Feeding

Free life. Gregarious. Predator of fish and invertebrates.

Distribution

Practically cosmopolitan as it has been introduced for sport fishing, in the Peninsula in most of the basins.

Conservation status

Not threatened

Additional information

Compressed body with small, iridescent-coloured scales

Additional information

Bibliography

- Doadrio, I. (Editor) (2001). Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Peces Continentales de España. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/inventarios-nacionales/oncorhynchus_mykiss_walbaum_1792_tcm30-98843.pdf- Maitland, P.S. & Linsell, K.  (1979). Guía de los peces de agua dulce de Europa. Editorial Omega- Aparicio, E.,  Vargas, M.J., Olmo ,J.M & de Sostoa, A.(2000). Decline of native freshwater fishes in a Mediterranean watershed on the Iberian Peninsula: a quantitative assessment. Environmental Biology of Fishes 59: 11–19