Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Oncorhynchus mykiss  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A large stout-bodied, sometimes anadromous, TROUT found in still and flowing waters of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. It has a greenish back, a whitish belly, and pink, red, or lavender stripes on the sides, with usually a sprinkling of black dots. It is highly regarded as a sport and food fish. Its former name was Salmo gairdneri. The sea-run rainbow trouts are often called steelheads. Redband trouts refer to interior populations of rainbows.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Salmo gairdneri
  • Trout, Rainbow
  • txid8022

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R3W5X7VQ-B

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 12/28/92, last modified 9/2/20