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Tiger trout
Salmo trutta x Salvelinus fontinalis
Bill Byrne, MA
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Bill Byrne, MA
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Habitat requirements and life history:
The tiger trout is a sterile hybrid cross between a female
brown trout and a male brook trout bearing unusual tiger-like
markings found in neither parent. Tiger trout are very rare
in the wild but they can occur in areas where book and brown
trout both occur and share spawning grounds. Unfortunately,
only about 35 percent of the young are able to develop because
of a disease whic is inherent in the sac fry. One example
of the tiger trout was found in the Assabet River during the
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife surveys.
Tiger trout have been produced on a small scale in private
hatcheries and stocked in various club waters, where they
are considered a fine gamefish.
(Sources: Pennsylvania
Trout http://www.patrout.org/tiger.htm)
Total length:
Pollution tolerance (US EPA):
Classification:
Fluvial specialist
Number of fish found during the 2001/2002
MA Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Assabet Watershed
Fish Survey.
| Location |
No. of Fish |
| Assabet River |
1 |
| Total |
1 |
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