Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum 1792)
- Dataset
- Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Salmoniformes
- family
- Salmonidae
- genus
- Oncorhynchus
- species
- Oncorhynchus mykiss
conservation
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
discussion
Remarks. This specie does not reproduce naturally in the wild. It may be locally present due to specimens escaping from fish farms.
discussion
Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Abdulrahman et al. 2017; confirmed by Jawad et al. 2019. — Iraq materials: Fish collection at the Marine Science Cente, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq.
distribution
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: 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 usually occurs in cold streams, rivers, and lakes, but is also found in various habitats. Freshwater, brackish, marine.
Name
- Synonyms
- Salmo mykiss Walbaum 1792
- Homonyms
- Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum 1792)