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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Subfamily: | Salmoninae |
| Hybrid: | Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis |
The tiger trout (Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis) is a sterile, intergeneric hybrid of the brown trout (Salmo trutta) and the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Pronounced vermiculations in the fish's patterning gave rise to its name, evoking the stripes of a tiger. Tiger trout are a rare anomaly in the wild, as the parent species are relatively unrelated, being members of different genera and possessing mismatched numbers of chromosomes.[1][2][3] However, specialized hatchery rearing techniques are able to produce tiger trout reliably enough to meet the demands of stocking programs.[4][5]
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- ^ "Tiger Trout". Arizona Game and Fish Department. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Tiger Trout (Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis) - Species Profile". NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Making tiger trout". Wyoming Game & Fish Department. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Altman, Jim (24 March 2022). "Trout Season goes year-round and DEEP is stocking up". FOX 61. Retrieved 24 June 2022.