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The scientific name of the westslope cutthroat trout is Oncorhynchus lewisi, [9] [10] as it was first described in the journals of explorer William Clark from specimens obtained during the Lewis and Clark Expedition from the Missouri River near Great Falls, Montana.
Biologists later split the group into two subspecies, christening the name westslope cutthroat trout with the lewisii name which honors explorer Meriwether Lewis and renaming the Yellowstone cutthroat trout Salmo bouvierii, [8] the first name given to the Yellowstone cutthroat trout by David Starr Jordan in 1883 honoring a U.S. Army Captain ...
Some scientific names have been updated or corrected. Asterisks denote introduced fishes. ... Westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi)
Some scientific names have been updated or corrected. Trout nomenclature follows Behnke et al.(2002). ... Westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi ...
Westslope cutthroat trout. There are at least 31 game and 59 non-game fish species known to occur in Montana. [1] Among Montana's fish, three are listed as endangered or threatened species and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks lists a number of species as species of concern.
[44] [45] The trout was subsequently given the scientific name Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi in honor of the expedition leaders. [43] [44] [45] The Westslope cutthroat is now the "official state fish" of Montana. [45] The explorers also collected the first samples of the gumbo evening primrose [46] and western meadowlark at the Great Falls. [47]
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The Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki sp.) is one of three subspecies of cutthroat trout found in Yellowstone. As its name suggests, this species is found in the Snake River drainages of the park. Some fisheries scientists consider the Snake River subspecies the same as the Yellowstone subspecies.