Yellowstone cutthroat trout
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The Yellowstone cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri) is a type of cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii). It is a freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae). It lives in only to a few U.S. states. At first it only lived upstream of Shoshone Falls on the Snake River and tributaries in Wyoming, across the Continental Divide in Yellowstone Lake and in the Yellowstone River and its tributaries downstream to the Tongue River in Montana.[1] The species is also found in Idaho, Utah and Nevada.[2]
References
- ↑ "Montana Field Guide-Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout". Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Retrieved 2013-11-16.
- ↑ Gresswell, Robert E. (June 30, 2009). "Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri): A Technical Conservation Assessment" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
Other websites
- Wyoming Fish & Game Commission website Archived 2007-03-02 at the Wayback Machine