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.

Annotation

do not confuse entry term SALMO GAIRDNERI with SALMON

DUI

D017686 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0026748

Previous indexing

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

History note

94; SALMO GAIRDNERI was see TROUT 1987-93

Online note

use TROUT to search SALMO GAIRDNERI 1987-93

Public note

94; SALMO GAIRDNERI was see TROUT 1987-93