Skwala wrote:

"rw" wrote in message
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On 2004-02-05 08:09:51 -0700, "Thomas Gnauck" said:


They are two different species. The Dolly Varden is Salvelinus malma malma
and the Bull Trout is Salvelinus confluentus. This web site gives a
description of the differences:

Personally, as a layman, I can't really believe that taxonomy and speciation
are actually the same thing.

Did reclassifiing Salmo Gairdneri to Oncorhynchus mykiss reveal any new
truth about the rainbow?

You mean other than recognizing that it is more closely related to
Pacific salmon than to Atlantic salmon and that previous theories of how
it evolved were erroneous?

JR