Oncorhynchus mykiss regalis Snyder, 1912
Royal silver trout
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Oncorhynchus mykiss)
"The royal silver trout, Salmo regalis Snyder, a species confined to the deep waters of Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada (Map l), has not been taken for many years and is presumed to be extinct. "
(Miller, 1950:1-2)
Erroneously listed as Extinct by (La Rivers, 1962) according to (Miller et al., 1989:37).
Distribution & Habitat
Lake Tahoe, both California & Nevada, 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. (1950). Notes on the cutthroat and rainbow trouts with the description of a new species from the Gila River, New Mexico. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 529: 1-42, pl. 1.
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.
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