Patterns of Variation and Distribution in Apache Trout (Salmo apache) Relative to Co-Occurrence with Introduced Salmonids
1985; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Volume: 1985; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1444838
ISSN1938-5110
AutoresJohn N. Rinne, W. L. Minckley,
Tópico(s)Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
ResumoExamination of Apache trout (Salmo apache) populations in the White Mountains, Arizona, indicated wider ranges of morphological and meristic variation than in the type description, greater genetic purity of stocks on Fort Apache Indian Reservation than on Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and distributional patterns that primarily reflect stocking of nonnative rainbow trout (S. gairdneri). APACHE trout (Salmo apache Miller) occur naturally in streams of the White Mountains of east-central Arizona. Although recognized for several decades as a distinctive taxon, this species was not described (Miller, 1972) until after drastic reduction of its historic range through habitat alteration and interspecific interactions, including apparent hybridization with nonnative trouts. Salmo apache was first list
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