| Colorado River cutthroat trout | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | O. c. pleuriticus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus (Cope, 1872)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Oncorhynchus clarki subsp. pleuriticus (Cope, 1872) | |
The Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus) is a subspecies of cutthroat trout native only to the Green and Colorado River basins, which are west of the Continental Divide. Cutthroat trout found in other river basins belong to other subspecies.
- ^ NatureServe (6 October 2023). "Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus (Cope, 1872)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2024.