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.
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