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Brown Trout

Fish

The brown trout is a carnivorous, ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed member of the salmonid genus Salmo, native to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been introduced so widely as a game fish that it has become one of the world's worst invasive species outside its native range. It has evolved three main ecotypes: a river-dwelling form, a lake-dwelling form, and an anadromous sea trout that migrates to the ocean as an adult and returns to fresh water only to spawn, all of which reproduce among gravel beds in cold, well-oxygenated headwaters.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Carnivore 1

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

System (Realm)

Marine 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Salmo trutta 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

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Source Wikidata: Brown Trout

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Source Brown Trout (Wikipedia)

Source Brown Trout (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Brown Trout (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Taxonomy section
The scientific name of the brown trout is Salmo trutta.
Infobox: status
LC
In Biome: Lake, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 286014, target B287453
Lacustrine trout mainly inhabit large lakes with calm and stratified deep water, while riverine trout forms fluvial populations typically in large rivers but sometimes in shallower creeks and alpine streams, both still m
In Biome: River, lead paragraph (habitat biome), EntityId 286014, target B287452
Lacustrine trout mainly inhabit large lakes with calm and stratified deep water, while riverine trout forms fluvial populations typically in large rivers but sometimes in shallower creeks and alpine streams, both still m
In Ecosystem: Yellowstone, Angling
Introductions of brown trout into the American West created new angling opportunities, none so successful from an angling perspective as was the introduction of browns into the upper Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park in 1890.
In Ecosystem: Great Lakes, Angling
Many are considered "world-class" such as in the Great Lakes and in several Arkansas tailwaters.
In Ecosystem: Black Forest, Introduction to the Americas
The von Behr brown trout came from both mountain streams and large lakes in the Black Forest region of Baden-Württemberg.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. NatureServe Explorer: Salmo trutta

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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4. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Salmo trutta

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES

Quote, Conservation Status: CITES

CITES No special status

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Wikidata: Brown Trout

Wikidata Q2857311, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Salmo, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q310436 (Salmo)

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