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Apache Trout

Oncorhynchus gilae

Classification

The Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) is a species of salmonid, related to the rainbow trout, native to the southwestern United States. Prior to 2006 the Gila trout was federally listed as endangered. In July 2006, after much work by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and Arizona Game and Fish Department, the United States Forest Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Gila trout was down-listed to threatened, with a special provision called a "4d rule" that will allow limited sport fishing – for the first time in nearly half a century.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 131