Kingdom Animalia Order Salmoniformes Genus Oncorhynchus Higher classification Rainbow trout | Phylum Chordata Family Salmonidae Species O. mykiss | |
Scientific name Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdnerii Similar Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus, Redband trout, Salmonids, Great Basin redband t | ||
The Columbia River redband trout, the inland redband trout or the interior redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri) is one of three redband trout subspecies of the rainbow trout in the Salmonidae family. It is native in the Columbia River and its tributaries in Montana, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. It includes sea-run anadromous forms, which are known as redband steelhead. Also the large Kamloops rainbow trout is included.
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