Lahontan cutthroat trout

Lahontan cutthroat trout
O. clarkii henshawi, stream form

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)

Threatened (ESA)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Oncorhynchus
Species:
Subspecies:
O. c. henshawi
Trinomial name
Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi
(Gill and Jordan, 1878)

Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) is the largest subspecies of cutthroat trout, and the state fish of Nevada. It is one of three subspecies of cutthroat trout that are listed as federally threatened.

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