aguabonita, Salmo mykiss Jordan [D. S.] 1892:62, Pl. [Biennial Report of the State Board of Fish Commissioners of the State of California (1891-1892); ref. 12346] "Volcano or Whitney Creek", Cottonwood lakes eastern side of Mt. Whitney, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: CAS-SU 514 (1), USNM 44237 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:15 [ref. 12291]. Originally as agua bonita. Also appeared in Jordan 1893:481 [ref. 10490]. •Synonym of Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum 1792), but a valid subspecies -- (Behnke 1992:187 [ref. 23385], Stearley & Smith 1993:21 [ref. 26683], Moyle 2002:272 [ref. 26449], Scharpf 2006:30 [ref. 30386]). •Valid as Salmo aquabonita Jordan 1892 -- (Lee et al. 1980:103 [ref. 22416], La Rivers 1994:317 [ref. 23389]). •Valid as Oncorhynchus aguabonita (Jordan 1892) -- (McAllister 1990:83 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:55 [ref. 18983], Baxter & Stone 1995:160 [ref. 23374], Sigler & Sigler 1996:166 [ref. 25943], Fuller et al. 1999:243 [ref. 25838], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:55 [ref. 27816], Minckley & Marsh 2009:92 [ref. 31114], Page & Burr 2011:414 [ref. 31215] with 2 subspecies, Page et al. 2013:86 [ref. 32708], Penaluna et al. 2016:291 [ref. 34726], Campbell et al. 2023:2 [ref. 40050], Page et al. 2023:83 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Oncorhynchus aguabonita (Jordan 1892). Salmonidae: Salmoninae. Distribution: North America: Kern River drainage, southern San Joaquin River basin, southern Sierra Nevada, western U.S.A. (originally California only). Habitat: freshwater.