Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Oncorhynchus apache · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 58 cm
The Apache trout is a demersal salmonid that inhabits clear, cool mountain headwaters, creeks and lakes, generally above 2,500 m, and its entire life history is spent in fresh water. It has interbred with Oncorhynchus mykiss and faces competition from Salvelinus fontinalis and Salmo trutta, and about 95 per cent of its stream kilometres have been lost as a result. Maximum length is about 58 cm total length, commonly about 25 cm. It is taken in subsistence fisheries and is a gamefish, with a very high price category. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 54 of 100 and resilience low. IUCN lists it as critically endangered.
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