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10 Fishy Facts About Rainbow Trout

The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) was first properly identified and named by Europeans in 1792 thanks to the German naturalist Johan Julius Walbaum. Like all trouts, the rainbow trout is part of the same family as salmon, which is called salmonidae. The rainbow trout is native to a very small region of the world, which includes the west coast of North…