- Concept UI
- M0026748
- Registry Numbers
- txid8022
- Scope Note
- 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.
- Terms
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Oncorhynchus mykiss
Preferred Term
Term UI
T052905
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1994)
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Salmo gairdneri
Term UI
T052903
Date08/05/1992
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1994)
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Trout, Rainbow
Term UI
T052904
Date08/05/1992
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1994)