Sheepheaven Creek redband trout
| Sheepheaven Creek redband trout | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
| Species: | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
| Subspecies: | O. mykiss ssp.? |
The Sheepheaven Creek redband trout is a local Californian variety of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a freshwater fish in the Salmonidae family. It is considered either a distinct western form of the McCloud River redband trout (subspecies Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei),[1] or a subspecies of its own, which has not been scientifically named and described yet.[2] It is native to Sheepheaven Creek, Siskiyou County, California, United States.[3][4] It has been transplanted into Swamp Creek in 1972 and 1974 and into Trout Creek in 1977. They can now be found in both locations.[5] Sheepheaven Creek redband are found to be the most distinct among all other trout groups, and therefore has been suggested to merit recognition as a new subspecies.[2][6][7] They have the fewest gill rakers of any western trout.[8]
References
- ↑ California Department of Fish and Game; California Inland Fisheries Branch (1973). Inland fisheries administrative report. 74-75. California: State of California, The Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Game.
- 1 2 Robert J. Behnke (2002). Trout and Salmon of North America. New York: Chanticleer Press. ISBN 0-7432-2220-2.
- ↑ J. R. Gold (1977). Systematics of western North American trout (Salmo). California.
- ↑ Peter B. Moyle (1976). Inland Fishes of California. California: University of California Press.
- ↑ Steven Ojai. "Fly Fishing the Sierra". Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ Molly Rebecca Stephens (2007). Systematics, Genetics and Conservation of Golden Trout. California: University of California.
- ↑ Jeff Weaver; Stephanie Mehalick. "Genetic Sampling of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the Upper McCloud River Drainage". California Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
- ↑ Robert J. Behnke (1992). American Fisheries Society Monograph - Native trout of western North America. 6. Bethesda, Maryland, United States: American Fisheries Society. ISBN 0-913235-78-4.
