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Rainbow trout

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Pan-Fried Rainbow Trout - With Chef Chris Pyne

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Rainbow Trout: Fact File (British Wildlife Facts)

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How to Fillet Rainbow Trout (easy and in 30 seconds or less)

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Rainbow Trout

The rainbow trout is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal rainbow trout (O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) that usually returns to fresh water to spawn after living two to three years in the ocean. Freshwater forms that have been introduced into the Great Lakes and migrate into tributaries to spawn are also called steelhead.
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