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What is a trout?

Many species of salmonids are known commonly as "trout." Often we think of fish swimming in mountain streams or alpine lakes when we think of trout. Those environs historically provide the type of ecosystem salmonids require–namely, cold, clean, oxygenated water. We think of the various cutthroat trout, the rainbows, the goldens, and the browns. We even call some salmonids "trout" that aren’t trout at all: The bull, brook and lake trout, for example, are really another type of salmonid known as "char." And to confuse matters more, some fish that really are trout we call by other names: For example, fish we call "steelhead" are actually ocean-going rainbow trout. Anglers tend to lump species together that share similar physical characteristics and habitat, and in doing so sometimes blur the lines of specific taxonomic distinctions. And while a biologist or taxonomist might quibble, that’s what we’ve done with many of the fish we call "trout." In many waters, for example, brook trout (char) and rainbows share the same habitat, and more than one angler has mistaken a bull trout (char) for a brown.

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