Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum 1792)
- Dataset
- Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Salmoniformes
- family
- Salmonidae
- genus
- Oncorhynchus
- species
- Oncorhynchus mykiss
conservation
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
discussion
Remarks. About 500.000 fingerlings have been released into Salang and Panjsher rivers (Coad 1981; Duppre 1973). This species does not reproduce naturally in the wild. It may be locally present due to specimens escaping from fish farms.
discussion
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Dupree (1973); confirmed by Coad (1981: 8 as Salmo gairdnerii; 2014: 318). — Afghanistan materials: None.
distribution
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: This species is mostly cultured cold water fish. Can not be breeding in the wild water. Therefore, can find around fish farming facility are established in suitable habitats. — General distribution: North Pacific and adjacent basins; widely introduced elsewhere. — Habitat: This species occurs in various habitats, including clear, small to large rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Freshwater, brackish, marine.
vernacular_names
[I] — Rainbow trout
Name
- Synonyms
- Salmo mykiss Walbaum 1792
- Homonyms
- Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum 1792)