Rainbow Trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss

The rainbow trout is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia. The steelhead is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal rainbow trout (O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) that usually returns to freshwater to spawn after living two to three years in the ocean.

Scientific name

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Family

Salmonidae

IUCN status

LC