Oncorhynchus masou formosanus
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Oncorhynchus masou formosanus, commonly known as the Formosan salmon,[1] Taiwanese trout (Japanese: タイワンマス, romanized: taiwan masu), Tsugitaka trout (次高鱒, tsugitaka masu), Lishan trout (Chinese: 梨山鱒, after its native Lishan area in Heping District, Taichung) or Slamaw trout (from Slamaw, the indigenous Tayal name for Lishan), is an endangered freshwater fish endemic to the mountain stream valleys between the Xueshan and Central Ranges of Taiwan. It is the southernmost subspecies of masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou), and one of the most temperately distributed salmonids along with the Mexican golden trout and Mexican rainbow trout.
Oncorhynchus masou formosanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | O. m. formosanus |
Trinomial name | |
Oncorhynchus masou formosanus (D. S. Jordan & Ōshima, 1919) |