Oncorhynchus mykiss smaragdus (Snyder, 1917:80)
Emerald trout
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Salmo smaragdus Snyder, 1917:80
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Oncorhynchus mykiss)
"The emerald trout of Pyramid Lake, Nevada (Map I), Salmo smaragdus Snyder, rare even 35 years ago, is almost surely extinct."
(Miller, 1950:1-2)
Erroneously listed as Extinct by (La Rivers, 1962) according to (Miller et al., 1989:37).
Distribution & Habitat
Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Above: the type specimen of Salmo smaragdus, the Emerald trout. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
References
Original scientific description:
Snyder, John Otterbein. (1917). Fishes of the Lahontan System of Nevada and Northeastern California, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 35: [?-80-?].
Other 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.