Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Salmoniformes
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Oncorhynchus
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 6 countries and 5 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 6 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 56 records
- Victoria, Australia - 8 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 29 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 38 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 1 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 56 records
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada - 108 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 2 records
- Québec, Canada - 146 records
- California, United States - 16 records
- Great Lakes, United States - 17 records
- New England, United States - 11 records
- North Carolina, United States - 181 records
- Pacific Northwest, United States - 8089 records
- Puerto Madryn, Argentina - 4 records