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Golden trout

Oncorhynchus aguabonita (Jordan, 1892)

Status not recordedbony fish

The golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) is a species in the family Salmonidae, order Salmoniformes.

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Quick facts about the golden trout

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the golden trout live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the golden trout as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Boliviainvasive
  2. Canada

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the golden trout endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the golden trout classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSalmoniformes
  5. familySalmonidae
  6. genusOncorhynchus
  7. SpeciesOncorhynchus aguabonita (Jordan, 1892)

Synonyms Oncorhynchus aguabonito, Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita, Salmo aguabonita, Salmo mykiss aguabonita

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • California golden troutEnglish
  • pstruh aguabonitaCzech
  • GuldørredDanish
  • GoldforelleGerman
  • KultalohiFinnish
  • Truite doréeFrench
  • GullørretNorwegian Bokmål
  • GoudforelDutch
  • złociankaPolish
  • Золотая форельRussian
  • kalifornijska pastrmkaSerbian
  • GuldöringSwedish
  • 金鱒Chinese
  • KultataimenFinnish
  • 阿瓜大麻哈魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the golden trout

Other species in the same genus Oncorhynchus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the golden trout an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the golden trout as invasive in 1 country: Bolivia. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is the golden trout?

The golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita) belongs to the family Salmonidae in the order Salmoniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-trout

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@misc{golden_trout_2026,
  title = {Golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-trout},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}