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Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)

Rainbow trout
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Czechia (Czech Republic) country information

Common names: Pstruh duhový
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: In Moravia, spawning took place in the upper reaches of the Olza, Ostravice, and Moravice ribers of the Odra (Oder) basin, and in the Dyje, Morava, Svitava and Jihlava Rivers of the Dunaj basin. In Bohemia, it is found in the Stenava River of the Odra (Oder) basin and in such rivers as the Metnje, Ticha, Orlice, Loucna, Doubravka, Luzicka Nisa, Jizera, Ohre, Vuznice, Okrouhice, Nezarka and Blanice of the Labe (Elbe) River basin (Ref. 13364). Also Ref. 52149.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hanel, L., 2003
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Oncorhynchus: Greek, onyx, -ychos = nail + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  mykiss: Oncorhynchus=hooked snout; mykiss=a vernacular name for the species in Kamchatka, Russia (Ref. 79012).
  More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 50550).   Subtropical; 10°C - 24°C (Ref. 12741); 67°N - 32°N, 135°E - 117°W

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