What is Yellowstone cutthroat trout?
[[File:Spawning cutthroat trout (15431029405).jpg|thumb|]] The '''Yellowstone cutthroat trout''' (''Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri'') is a [[subspecies]] of the [[cutthroat trout]] (''Oncorhynchus clarkii''). It is a [[freshwater]] [[fish]] in the [[salmon]] [[family (biology)|family]] (family [[Salmonidae]]). It lives in only to a few [[U.S. state]]s. Its original range was upstream of [[Shoshone Falls]] on the [[Snake River]] and tributaries in [[Wyoming]], across the [[Continental Divide]] in [[Yellowstone Lake]] and in the [[Yellowstone River]] and its tributaries downstream to the [[Tongue River (Montana)|Tongue River]] in [[Montana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fieldguide.mt.gov/detail_AFCHA02087.aspx |title=Montana Field Guide-Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout |publisher=[[Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks]] |access-date=2013-11-16}}</ref> The species is also found in [[Idaho]], [[Utah]] and [[Nevada]].<ref name=gresswell>{{cite web|last=Gresswell|first=Robert E.|title=Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri): A Technical Conservation Assessment|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/scp/assessments/yellowstonecutthroattrout.pdf|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey|access-date=2011-11-04|date=June 30, 2009}}</ref> == Description == The Yellowstone cutthroat trout is often golden brown with relatively big spots clustered toward its tail. Its body is compressed like most trout. == Population threats == Their population has decreased a little due to [[overfishing]] and [[mining]]. The most serious threats are interbreeding with introduced rainbow trout to make [[Cutbow|cutbows]] in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. === Introduction to the Yellowstone River === Yellowstone cutthroat trout were never officially introduced into the [[Yellowstone River]] and their presence there is probably the result of accidental or illegal introductions.[[File:Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri 1904.jpg|thumb|From ''Birds and nature'', 1904]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://gf.state