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RAINBOW TROUT [1 record]

Record 1 2021-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Latin
Salmo gairdneri
former designation, Latin
OBS

Order: Salmoniformes. Family: Salmonidae. Genus: Oncorhynchus.

OBS

Rainbow trout and steelhead trout are the same species, but rainbow trout live in freshwater, and steelhead trout are anadromous, i.e. fish which migrate from marine to freshwater environments to spawn.

OBS

The designation "rainbow trout" is also used by some authors to refer to both the freshwater and anadromous trout forms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Latin
Salmo gairdneri
former designation, Latin
OBS

Ordre : Salmoniformes. Famille : Salmonidés. Genre : Oncorhynchus.

OBS

La truite arc-en-ciel et le saumon arc-en-ciel sont la même espèce, mais la truite arc-en-ciel vie en eau douce et le saumon arc-en-ciel est la forme anadrome (c'est-à-dire un poisson qui migre des eaux marines aux eaux douces pour frayer).

OBS

La désignation «truite arc-en-ciel» est également utilisée par certains auteurs pour désigner les deux formes : la forme d'eau douce et la forme anadrome.

OBS

truite arc-en-ciel : désignation normalisée par l'Office québécois de la langue française.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Peces
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Latin
Salmo gairdneri
former designation, Latin
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