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Oncorhynchus gilae (Gila trout; Salmon)

Synonyms: Oncorhynchus gilae gilae; Salmo gilae
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Wikipedia Abstract

The gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) is a species of salmonid, related to the rainbow and cutthroat trouts native to the Southwest United States. The Gila trout has been considered endangered with extinction. That changed in July 2006.
View Wikipedia Record: Oncorhynchus gilae

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Oncorhynchus gilae

Attributes

Female Maturity [1]  4 years
Adult Length [1]  21 inches (55 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  Hidden
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Lithophils (rock-gravel)
Brood Guarder [1]  No
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litter Size [1]  686
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years

Emblem of

Arizona

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Crepidostomum cooperi[3]
Metabronema salvelini <Unverified Name>[3]

Range Map

Link to Map
America, North - Inland waters; Nearctic; North America: Gila River system in New Mexico and Arizona, USA.; USA (contiguous states);

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Citations

Species recognized by , , FishBase in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495. ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by NatureServe. 2010. Digital Distribution Maps of the Freshwater Fishes in the Conterminous United States. Version 3.0. Arlington, VA. U.S.A.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access