Rainbow Trout - Subspecies

Subspecies

A few populations are recognized as subspecies:

• Kamchatkan rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss mykiss .
• Columbia River redband trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdnerii .
• Coastal rainbow trout (steelhead trout), Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus .
• Beardslee trout, isolated in Lake Crescent (Washington), Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus var. beardsleei (not a true subspecies, but a lake-dwelling variety of coastal rainbow trout) .
• Great Basin red trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii .
• Golden trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita .
• Kamloops rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss kamloops .
• Kern River rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita var. gilberti .
• Sacramento golden trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita var. stonei .
• Little Kern golden trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita var. whitei .
• Baja California rainbow trout, Nelson's trout, or San Pedro Martir trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni .
• Eagle Lake trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss aquilarum .
• McCloud River redband, Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei
• Sheepheaven Creek redband, Oncorhynchus mykiss spp.
• Southern California steelhead DPS, Oncorhynchus mykiss