NPSpecies

Data Source: Horowitz et al., 2008. Fish Inventories of DEWA and UPDE; Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, NPSpecies Database Manager, 6/17/2013.

Rainbow trout are a western North American species, native to the Pacific slope from California to Alaska. In a turn-of-the-century effort to restore Pennsylvania’s degraded trout fishery, rainbows were introduced throughout the state.; Data Source: Jennifer Stingelin Keefer, NPSpecies Database Manager, 6/19/2007; PA Fish and Boat Commission: http://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/fishhtms/chap16.htm#raintrt; Accessed on: 6/19/2007. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Persistent with comment: Naturalized, spawn largely in tributaries in the spring.; Data Source: Don Hamilton, Chief of Resource Management, Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, 7/25/2013.

Water temperatures influence where they're found throughout the year; confined to colder water influence during summer.; Data Source: Don Hamilton, Chief of Resource Management, Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, 7/25/2013.

Park Species Detail: See synonym Salmo gairdnerii (TSN# 161991) to view additional species evidence., Park Species Data Source: Horowitz et al., 2008. Fish Inventories of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (Final Draft Version). NATUREBIB-2198239., Accepted Detail: 7th edition (2013) of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico--accessed on-line 6/17/2013 from http://fisheries.org/docs/pub_fish_names.pdf; Dr. Jay R. Stauffer, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Ichthyology, The Pennsylvania State University, 6/19/2007.