< Back | Name: | Cutthroat Trout | | Family: | Trout | | Scientific Name:
| Oncorhynchus clarkii | | Range: | Cutthroat trout are stocked in the White River below Bull Shoals Dam, below Norfork Dam and in the Spring River. Cutthroats are not known to reproduce in Arkansas. | | Habits and Habitat: | Cutthroat trout eat mostly insects, although larger individuals will eat minnows and small fish. Cutthroats are not as tolerant of high water temperatures as rainbows. | | Fish Fact:
| Cutthroats get their name from the striking orange slash mark found underneath their jaw. |
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Click Photo to Enlarge Joe Tomelleri |
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