Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout)
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout)
Family: Salmonidae (Salmonides)
Status: Introduced.
Size: In steams may grow between 0.5 and 2.3kg, while lake-dwelling forms may grow much larger.
Description: Adult fish are distinguished by a broad reddish stripe along the lateral line, from gills to the tail, which is most vivid in breeding males. May have dark bands or par marks in small specimens
Location: Upland cool waters of the coastal and Murray Darling Basin catchments of the CNM region. They are stocked into lakes rivers and streams and naturally reproducing in many areas.
Oncorhynchus mykiss is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Species information
- Oncorhynchus mykiss Scientific name
- Rainbow Trout Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1220.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
