Lahontan cutthroat trout

A close up of a Lahontan cutthroat trout, a fish with a gold body, dark spots and a faint red stripe.
Photo By/Credit

Chad Mellison/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
06/01/2021
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The Lahontan cutthroat trout that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biologist Chad Mellison caught on the North Fork of the Humboldt River in 2021. This fish is particularly memorable to Mellison because of the years of collaborative work to bring the native trout back to this river.