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Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)

Rainbow trout
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Switzerland country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Zaugg, B., P. Stucki, J.-C. Pedroli and A. Kirchhofer, 2003
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 1997
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in 39% of Swiss lakes and regarded as a common species (Ref. 79957). Also Ref. 8984, 5904.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sz.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Wittenberg, R. (ed.)., 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Truite arc-en-ciel, Trucha arco iris, Микижа, ... more

Classification / Names ຊື່ສາມັນ | ຄຳສັບຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | Catalog of Fishes(ຕະກຸນ, ຊະນິດ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 ນິເວດວິທະຍາ

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