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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Rainbow Trout (Trout, Rainbow (Steelhead); Oncorhynchus mykiss)

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Nomenclature Table

RFE LinkFDA - SL Market Name
FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
RFE 8 Letter Code		FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS Common Name
AFS Scientific Name
AFS Other Names
AFS Synonyms		FAO Scientific Name
FAO Species Code
FAO Common Name English
FAO Common Name French
FAO Common Name Spanish		FAO Synonyms






Rainbow TroutFDA-SL Market Name: Trout, Rainbow (Steelhead)
FDA-SL Common Name: Rainbow Trout
FDA-SL Sci. Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: st
FDA RFE 8 Letter code: oncomyki		Vernac. 1) Coastal Rainbow Trout
Vernac. 2) Silver Trout
Vernac. 3) Salmon Brook Trout
Vernac. 4) Rainbow Trout





AFS Common Name: Rainbow Trout
AFS Sci. Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)
AFS Other Names: Salmo penshinensis, S. gairdneri; Kamchatkan trout, steelhead
(anadromous form). Salmo mykiss has been shown to be the senior synonym of the
rainbow trout S. gairdneri, native to western North America, but very widely introduced.
We include it here, even though it appears on the North American list, because of the
change both in generic and specific name.

AFS Synonyms: The term steelhead is applied to sea-run rainbow trout and some
populations from large lakes.

G. R. Smith and R. F. Stearley, 1989, Fisheries (Bethesda) 14(1):4,
showed that the relationships of the trouts of the cutthroat and rainbow series lie with
Onchorhynchus rather than with Salmo. The Committee earlier noted its endorsement
of this change, 1989, Fisheries (Bethesda) 14(1):5.

This species, previously known as gairdneri in North America, occurs also in Kamchatka,
where it was first described as mykiss. This matter is discussed in detail by G. R. Smith and
R. F. Stearley, 1989, Fisheries (Bethesda) 14(1):5.

FAO Sci. Name:   N.A.
FAO Species Code:   N.A.
FAO Common English:   N.A.
FAO Common French:   N.A.
FAO Common Spanish:   N.A.		FAO Sci. Name with Ref.:   

FAO Synonyms:   N.A.

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageRainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Trout, Rainbow (Steelhead)		A-F-P
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