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Golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) Brown trout (Salmo trutta) brown trout rainbow trout Illustration of a cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki), showing a slender freshwater fish with a light body, dark spots along its back and tail, and a distinctive reddish mark under the jaw.
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Golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita)
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trout, any of several prized game and food fishes of the family Salmonidae (order Salmoniformes) that are usually restricted to freshwater, though a few types migrate to the sea between spawnings. Trout are closely related to salmon. They are important sport fishes and are often raised in hatcheries for later transferral to habitable bodies of water. Trout belong mainly to two genera: Oncorhynchus and Salvelinus. The genus Oncorhynchus includes the salmon as well as several...

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