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Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

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Scientific Name:

Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus

Species:

Cutthroat Trout

Species/Subspecies/Hybrid/Variant:

Cutthroat Subspecies

Also known as:

The Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus) is a subspecies of cutthroat trout native only to the Green and Colorado River basins, which are west of the Continental Divide. Cutthroat trout found in other river basins belong to other subspecies.


Colorado River Cutthroat Trout by Western Native Trout Iniative

Fish Facts: Colorado River Cutthroat Trout by Orvis

Colorado River Cutthroat by Native Trout Fly Fishing

Colorado River Cutthroat by The Ecological Angler




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