Life Cycle
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Reproductive strategy: synchronous ovarian organization, determinate fecundity (Ref. 51846).
Biology
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Inhabits clear, cool mountain headwaters and creeks (generally above 2500 m elevation), and mountain lakes. A 95% (stream km) reduction in range has resulted due to hybridization with Oncorhynchus mykiss and competition from Salvelinus fontinalis and Salmo trutta.