Common names:
[No common name]
Occurrence:
introduced
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Stocked in 1966 into the Salang and Panjsher (Ref. 39701).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Welcomme, R.L., 1988
National Database:
Teleostei (teleosts) > Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Oncorhynchus:Greek, onyx, -ychos = nail + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335); mykiss:Oncorhynchus=hooked snout; mykiss=a vernacular name for the species in Kamchatka, Russia (Ref. 79012). More on author: Walbaum.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology