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Oncorhynchus mykiss regalis Snyder, 1912

Royal silver trout

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym of Oncorhynchus mykiss)

 

Erroneously listed as Extinct by (La Rivers, 1962) according to (Miller et al., 1989:37).

 

Distribution & Habitat

California, USA

Type locality: Near Brockway, Lake Tahoe, California, USA

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: USNM 86556

 

Paratypes:

CAS-SU 22497 (1)

CAS-SU 23196 (1)

USNM 75150 (1)

 

Media

Above: the type specimen of Salmo regalis, the Royal silver trout. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

 

References

La Rivers, I. (1962). Fishes and fisheries of Nevada. Nevada State Fish and Game Comm. 782 pp. 

Miller, Robert Rush, Williams, James D. and Williams, Jack E. (1989). Extinctions of North American fishes during the past century. Fisheries 14(6): 22-38.

Snyder, John Otterbein. (1918). Fishes of the Lahontan System of Nevada and Northeastern California, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 35: 1915-1916.

https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/726C87BDE2919CE8FC8857CD2309FC82

 

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