The Willow-Whitehorse Basin cutthroat trout refers to a population segment of the cutthroat trout complex (Oncorhynchus clarkii) from the streams of the Whitehorse Basin (or the Coyote Basin[1]), southeastern Oregon. It is alternatively considered as a part of the Lahontan cutthroat trout subspecies (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi),[2][3] or of the Humboldt cutthroat trout (O. c. humboldtensis) whose main range is in Nevada.[4] These fish have adapted to live under extreme conditions, and can withstand water temperatures as high as 85 °F for short periods of time.[5]
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
| Species: | O. clarkii |
| Population: | Willow-Whitehorse Basin cutthroat trout |
Notes
edit- ^ Oregon Native Fish Status Report – Volume II (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ U.S. Department of the Interior. Oregon Wilderness: Environmental Impact Statement. Vol. 4. Bureau of Land Management.
- ^ Species Fact Sheet: Lahontan cutthroat trout, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- ^ Trotter, Patrick C.; Behnke, Robert J. (2008). "The Case for Humboldtensis: A Subspecies Name for the Indigenous Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) of the Humboldt River, Upper Quinn River, and Coyote Basin Drainages, Nevada and Oregon". Western North American Naturalist. 68: 58. doi:10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[58:TCFHAS]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1527-0904.
- ^ Peacock, Mary M.; Robinson, Morgan L.; Walters, Timothy; Mathewson, Heather A.; Perkins, Ray (March 2010). "The Evolutionarily Significant Unit Concept and the Role of Translocated Populations in Preserving the Genetic Legacy of Lahontan Cutthroat Trout". Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 139 (2): 382–395. Bibcode:2010TrAFS.139..382P. doi:10.1577/T09-039.1. ISSN 0002-8487.
Further reading
edit- Trotter, Patrick C. (2008). Cutthroat: Native Trout of the West (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25458-9.
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