Originally Posted By: Carcassman
Although I have never seen a really big Cutthroat that spotting pattern looks awfully Rainbow to me.

Having said that, I was at a meeting of bios once and somebody ran a series of slides for us to ID. Every fish that looked like a Coastal Cutt was a genetic rainbow and every one that looked like a rainbow was a genetic Cutthroat. So, I know looks can be deceiving.

I mean, some politicians look human........

I thought the same too, somewhat-I was just passing along what someone had sent me some time back and the info involved.
The kype looks more rainbow-ish..the maxillary is long..cutthroat-like, Spotting is a tough one.and-yep, alot of the scientist think most any big cutthroat we might run into is likely a hybrid between a coastal rainbow and a cutthroat.

It is a tough call