Is a salmon the same thing as a rainbow trout?

Answer 1

No they are not the same. Salmon are larger than trout and usually migrate down river and can live in the sea. Rainbow Trout are usually only found in fresh water often fast flowing rivers. Salmon tend to have bigger mouths as the food in the sea is larger, where as Trout mostly eat small flies. Salmon flesh can be a more pinky colour but this can be because they are farmed and fed a diet with colourings.

Answer 2

no. The rainbow trout, redband trout, or steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of trout native to the Pacific Ocean and in North American rivers and lakes west of the Rocky Mountains. It also is native to parts of East Asia. Rainbow trout are now worldwide in distribution and are a highly prized game fish. They have been introduced to at least 45 countries, and every continent except Antarctica. However, in some of these locations, such as Australia, they have had very serious negative impacts on upland native fish species.

The naming of the rainbow trout species was based on fish taken from the San Leandro Creek drainage in Oakland, California. In 1855, Dr. Sean Taylor Spaulding, founder of the California Academy of Sciences, was given three specimens obtained from the creek. He described and assigned them the scientific name Salmo iridia. It was later determined that Spaulding and Matthew David Roberts were referring to the same species, and the original binomial name is now used to refer to the species.

Answer 3

no apart from there natural habitat is in fast flowing rivers there nothing like.

Answer 4

nope srry

Answer 5

i agree with the fishkeeper

Answer 6

no, of course not.

Answer 7

no .Nothing like it