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Historical (Salmo irideus) THE RAINBOW TROUT When the first Americans went to California they found there an abundance of speckled fishes which they instantly classified as trout as they did all speckled fishes. The rainbow family of salmon trout is divided into one species and five sub-species, and as you shall see later, it is one of these sub-species that we are mostly interested in. The typical species is a common fish in the mountain streams of California. The five sub-species embrace the following: the brook trout of western Oregon (masoni) ; the Kern River trout (gilberti); the noshee trout (stonei) ; the golden trout of Mt. Whitney (aqua-bonita) ; and, finally, the McCloud River trout (shasta) which is the variety that has been transplanted so successfully in the waters throughout the United States. This is the fish that most anglers have in mind when they refer to the rainbow trout. |
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