Duotone Hardwood Wildlife Puzzle – Trout 7 Piece – 1006

$37.00

Duotone Hardwood Wildlife Trout Art Puzzle

6″ x 8″

9 pieces, includes frame

Whimsie includes a baby Trout.

1/4″ thick maple and cherry

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Description

Duotone Trout Hardwood Wildlife Puzzle
Duotone Trout Hardwood Wildlife Puzzle

The cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) is a fish species of the family Salmonidae native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean, Rocky Mountains, and Great Basin in North America. As a member of the genus Oncorhynchus, it is one of the Pacific trout, a group that includes the widely distributed rainbow trout. Cutthroat trout are popular gamefish, especially among anglers who enjoy fly fishing. The common name “cutthroat” refers to the distinctive red coloration on the underside of the lower jaw. The specific name clarkii was given to honor explorer William Clark, coleader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Cutthroat trout require cold, clear, well-oxygenated, shallow rivers with gravel bottoms or cold, moderately deep lakes. Healthy stream-side vegetation that reduces siltation is typical of healthy cutthroat trout habitat and beaver ponds may provide refuge during periods of drought and over winter. Most populations stay in fresh water throughout their lives and are known as nonmigratory, stream-resident or riverine populations.

Cutthroat trout are opportunistic feeders. Stream-resident cutthroat trout primarily feed on larval, pupaland adult forms of aquatic insects and adult forms of terrestrial insects (typically ants, beetles, grasshoppers and crickets) that fall into the water, fish eggs, small fish, along with crayfish, shrimp and other crustaceans.

Additional information

frame color

light maple, dark cherry