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Rainbow trout

Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792)

(SiSwati: )
Exotic


Swaziland Red Data Status:
Southern African Red Data Status:
International Red Data Status:
Description:

Key Features:
Comments: Several introductions of this species to Swaziland recorded by Clay (1972) and Welcomme (1981). Clay (1976) records the presence of this species in two river systems, the Komati and the Usutu, in the highveld of the country. Apart from stocked populations

 1 record, from 2002/10/22