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MeSH Heading: Oncorhynchus mykiss
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.817.750.825.580.600
Unique ID: D017686
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017686
Annotation: do not confuse entry term SALMO GAIRDNERI with SALMON
Scope Note: A large stout-bodied, sometimes anadromous, TROUT found in still and flowing waters of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. It has a greenish back, a whitish belly, and pink, red, or lavender stripes on the sides, with usually a sprinkling of black dots. It is highly regarded as a sport and food fish. Its former name was Salmo gairdneri. The sea-run rainbow trouts are often called steelheads. Redband trouts refer to interior populations of rainbows.
Entry Term(s): Salmo gairdneri; Steelhead; Trout, Rainbow; Trout, Redband
Previous Indexing: Fishes (1966-1967); Salmonidae (1968-1974); Trout (1975-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94; SALMO GAIRDNERI was see TROUT 1987-93
Online Note: use TROUT to search SALMO GAIRDNERI 1987-93
History Note: 94; SALMO GAIRDNERI was see TROUT 1987-93
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

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Concept UI: M0026748
Scope Note: A large stout-bodied, sometimes anadromous, TROUT found in still and flowing waters of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. It has a greenish back, a whitish belly, and pink, red, or lavender stripes on the sides, with usually a sprinkling of black dots. It is highly regarded as a sport and food fish. Its former name was Salmo gairdneri. The sea-run rainbow trouts are often called steelheads. Redband trouts refer to interior populations of rainbows.
Terms: Oncorhynchus mykiss Preferred Term
Term UI T052905
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Salmo gairdneri
Term UI T052903
Date08/05/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Trout, Rainbow
Term UI T052904
Date08/05/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Oncorhynchus mykiss MeSH Descriptor Data 2024