Migrating trout name?

[Iceman]

I need some help with this question please:  "A trout that migrates to the ocean or large freshwater lake and returns as an adult to spawn is called a what"

 

Have tried salmonid,  anadromous, & semelparous, which were all deemed wrong.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

John

 

[Sk8man]

Anadromous should work. Atlantic Salmon spend most their lives in the ocean and then return to fresh water to spawn and then return to the ocean. Unlike the Pacific salmon they don't die after spawning and may spawn several times in their lives. The Atlantics that are stocked in lakes not connected by streams to the ocean habitat are called "landlocked salmon" or "landlocks".

Edited February 22, 2014 by Sk8man

[hermit]

If it's not anadromous then maybe they're looking for something less technical.  How about plain old "steelhead".   Since they're asking about trout give it a shot.

[Frogger]

How about the name Steelhead....

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[momay4000]

Catadromous means to go from fresh water to sea water to spawn but I'm not aware of any brown trout that do this.

 

Anadromous means to go from salt water to fresh water to spawn like a sea trout.

 

- Chris

Edited February 22, 2014 by momay4000

[Sk8man]

Hermit is right as far as the "trout" part of it ...guess I should have put on my glasses before I responded

[hermit]

Les it was your post that gave me the thought and Frogger was typing at the same time as I was.  Group effort, beers for all.

[Iceman]

And the prize goes to Hermit & Frogger, Steelhead was accepted as a correct answer, you were quick & correct!!!

 

Thanks for your esteemed help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Frogger]

Too funny

[Sk8man]

  Can I use old age for myself as the excuse?

[rolmops]

Fish that can live both in fresh and salt water are called: Eurihaline. A good example is a striped bass that can winter over in fresh water rivers in New England (Thames)

[Dipsey]

Brings back fond memories of the sea run browns and char we fished for when I was stationed in Iceland. What a fishery!

[lineman49]

  Can I use old age for myself as the excuse?

   Old age is always an acceptable  answer!  works for me anyway.   lol

[rolmops]

My wife says that I use old age as an excuse for ignorance, but she also says that it seems to be exclusive to me and she does not have that problem.

[Sk8man]

:smile:

[jimski2]

So called "steelhead" in the Great Lakes Basin are not ocean saltwater fish. Ocean run steelhead are slimmer and faster than our inbred stocked Rainbow trout that today are classified by the scientific community as salmon.  Steelhead is used now to enhance its desirability by the angling community. Every Pacific coast stream even in Asia has its own genetic distinction but we have been stocking fish that survive hatchery life best, not wild survival veteran fish.

[jimski2]

Seeforellen Brown Trout are not stream lived but deep water lake critters. A 68 pound seeforellen has been landed. DEC has tried stocking rhem here/