CLASSROOM TROUT

CYCLE OF THE TROUT

• Stage 1 (egg stage)
• It is orange with a black dot in the middle

STAGE 2 (SAC FRY)

• They look small and clear. They look like they like to swim.

STAGE 3 (FRY)

• Swimming slowly
• Starting to get stripes and don't eat a lot

STAGE 4 (FINGERLINGS)

• About a finger lenght
• Swimming
• They eat 7grams of food
• They have a bunch of stries

STAGE 5 JUVENILE

• This stage is about 6 inches to 1 foot. There not yet rainbow but pretty nice size for cooking.

STAGE 6 ADULT

• These are beauty's now. There bigger and are rainbow now at this stage.

SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR RAINBOW TROUT

• Oncorhynchus mykiss

GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS

• They are brown and red blue and green with black spots

DISTRIBUTION IN NORTH AMERICA

• It is native to the west coast

WHAT DO THE TROUT EAT

• insects, other fish, leeches, worms, and other foods.

SPAWNING

• They spawn in streams. Down at the bottom where it is cold.

EXTERNAL ANATOMY