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Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis ssp. fontinalis

Photo by Machi
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Little fish with a nice pattern on the top

Habitat:

Slow, freshwater stream in Rocky Mountain National Park

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Machi
Thanks Jellis! Good to know it is a young trout.
Jellis
brown, brook, rainbow and cutthroat are the most common species in RMNP. Almost all have marbled dorsal fins, upper patterns and parr marks when they are young. Tough call

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Rocky Mountain Wildlife Watch
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PublishedOctober 6, 2017

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