Golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) is a freshwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Oncorhynchus aguabonita · Water: Freshwater
Size: up to 71 cm
The golden trout is a demersal salmonid that inhabits clear, cool headwaters, creeks and lakes at elevations above 2,100 m, and its entire life history is spent in fresh water. It is oviparous, and its eggs are buried in unguarded nests. Maximum length is about 71 cm total length, commonly about 29.8 cm, and it can live nine years. It is taken in subsistence fisheries and is a gamefish, with a very high price category. Fishing vulnerability is moderate to high at 52 of 100 and resilience medium; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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