Preferred Label : oncorhynchus mykiss;
MeSH definition : A large stout-bodied, sometimes anadromous, TROUT found in still and flowing waters
of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. It has a greenish back, a
whitish belly, and pink, red, or lavender stripes on the sides, with usually a sprinkling
of black dots. It is highly regarded as a sport and food fish. Its former name was
Salmo gairdneri. The sea-run rainbow trouts are often called steelheads. Redband trouts
refer to interior populations of rainbows.;
MeSH synonym : rainbow trout; salmo gairdneri; trout, rainbow;
CISMeF synonym : steelhead trout;
MeSH hyponym : trout, redband; steelhead; Steelheads; Redband Trout;
MeSH annotation : a trout; IM; qualif permitted; do not confuse X ref SALMO GAIRDNERI with SALMON; do not confuse entry term SALMO GAIRDNERI with SALMON;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncorhynchus mykiss;
UNII : txid8022;
Origin ID : D017686;
UMLS CUI : C0036108;
Allowable qualifiers
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
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- Semantic type(s)
- Fish [UMLS semantic type]
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
A large stout-bodied, sometimes anadromous, TROUT found in still and flowing waters
of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska. It has a greenish back, a
whitish belly, and pink, red, or lavender stripes on the sides, with usually a sprinkling
of black dots. It is highly regarded as a sport and food fish. Its former name was
Salmo gairdneri. The sea-run rainbow trouts are often called steelheads. Redband trouts
refer to interior populations of rainbows.
