Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) is a freshwater, brackish species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Salvelinus confluentus · Water: Freshwater, Brackish
Size: up to 103 cm
The bull trout is a benthopelagic salmonid whose adults occur in the deep pools of large cold rivers and lakes, and it is most common in high mountainous areas where snowfields and glaciers are present. It is rarely anadromous, and the lacustrine form matures in lakes and spawns in tributaries, where the young reside for one to three years. It also enters brackish water. Its range covers the coastal and mountain streams of the Arctic, Pacific and Missouri River drainages, from extreme southern Yukon south to the headwaters of the Columbia River drainage in northern Nevada and the McCloud River drainage in northern California. Maximum length is about 103 cm total length, commonly about 62.5 cm, and it matures at about 72 cm. It is a commercial species, a gamefish and a public aquarium fish, with a very high price category. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 66 of 100 and resilience very low. IUCN lists it as vulnerable.
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