Oncorhynchus mykiss ( Walbaum, 1792 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil, Çapar, Osman Bahadir & Golani, Daniel, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5369 (4), pp. 451-484 : 464

Oncorhynchus mykiss ( Walbaum, 1792) [I]—Rainbow trout; Trutat ein ha’keshet

Taxonomy. Original description: Salmo mykiss Walbaum, 1792: 59 [Kamchatka, Russia; no types known].— Israel synonyms: Salmo gairdnerii Richardson, 1836 .—Revisions: Berg (1948: 267) as Salmo mykiss ; Stearley & Smith (1993: 21) as Oncorhynchus mykiss mykiss .—Illustration: Berg (1948: 268, fig. 155) as Salmo mykiss, Jawad et al. (2019) .

Status in Israel. First record from Israel by Hornell (1935); confirmed by Goren & Ortal (1999), ( Golani & Mires 2000).—Israel materials: HUJ.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: It was introduced in the 1930’s and aquaculture farms were established in the late 1940’s in northern Israel.—Distribution in River Basin: 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: North Pacific and adjacent basins; widely introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species usually occurs in cold streams, rivers, and lakes, but is also found in various habitats. Freshwater, brackish, marine.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Remarks. This species is a mostly cultured, cold-water fish. This species can be found around fish farming facilities and are established in suitable habitats due to specimens escaping from fish farms.