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RAINBOW TROUT

• RAINBOW TROUT OR ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS IS A SPECIES OF SALMONID BELONGING TO THE ACTINOPTERYGII CLASS. THIS MEANS IT IS A BONY FISH.

RAINBOW TROUT

• RAINBOW TROUT ARE PREDATORS THAT WILL EAT ALMOST ANYTHING. THEY LOVE INSECTS, FISH EGGS AND SMALL FISH. THE FRESHWATER SPECIES LIVE IN SHALLOW STREAMS AND RIVERS AND SOMETIMES COOL LAKES. THEY ARE FOUND IN COASTAL WATERS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IN FRESHWATER STREAMS. THEY ARE ALSO RAISED IN FARMS AROUND THE WORLD.

RAINBOW TROUT

• RAINBOW TROUT ARE BORN IN THE SPRING AND THE OLDEST LIVED TO BE ELEVEN YEARS OLD. FEMALES PRODUCE 2000 TO 3000 EGGS AT A TIME. THE TROUT ARE HUNTED BY LARGER FISH, BEARS, OTTERS, RACCOONS AND HUMANS. THE OCEAN TROUT ARE EATEN BY SEALS, SEA LIONS AND KILLER WHALES. IN GEORGIA THEY ARE NOT ENDANGERED BUT THERE ARE LAWS TO PROTECT THEM.

RAINBOW TROUT

RAINBOW TROUT