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The
average length of a rainbow trout is 12-18 inches and the steelhead is 20-30 inches.
A mature steelhead usually weighs 8-9 pounds but has been known to reach 36 pounds.
The body is somewhat compressed with a rounded snout and a large mouth. The spawning
male experiences minor changes to its head, mouth and color. Stream residents
and spawners are darker with more intense coloring and lake residents are lighter,
brighter and more silvery. They range from steel-blue, blue-green, yellow-green
to almost brown. Steelhead tend to be more silvery. All have a number of small
black spots. The coloring chamges drastically over the whole of its range.
Rainbow trout possess the well-known
streamlined salmonid form, though body shape and coloration
vary widely and reflect habitat, age, sex, and degree
of maturity. The body shape may range from slender
to thick. The back may shade from blue-green to olive.
There is a reddish-pink band along each side about
the midline that may range from faint to radiant.
The lower sides are usually silver, fading to pure
white beneath. Small black spots are present over
the back above the lateral line, as well as on the
upper fins and tail. In some locations, the black
spots of adults may extend well below the lateral
line and even cover the entire lower side. Rainbow
trout are positively identified by the 8 to 12 rays
in the anal fin, a mouth that does not extend past
the back of the eye, and the lack of teeth at the
base of the tongue. River or stream residents normally
display the most intense pink stripe coloration and
heaviest spotting followed by rainbows from lake and
lake-stream systems. Spawning trout are characterized
by generally darker coloration.
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