The Willow-Whitehorse Basin cutthroat trout refers to a population segment of the cutthroat trout complex, specifically the Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus henshawii),Trotter, P., P. Bisson, B. Roper, L. Schultz, C. Ferraris, G.R. Smith and R.F. Stearley. 2018. A special workshop on the taxonomy and evolutionary biology of cutthroat trout. Pages 1–31 in Trotter P, Bisson P, Schultz L, Roper B (editors). Cutthroat Trout: Evolutionary Biology and Taxonomy. Special Publication 36, American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.Peacock, M.M., H.M. Neville and A.J. Finger. 2018. The Lahontan basin evolutionary lineage of cutthroat trout. Pages 231–259 in P. Trotter, P. Bisson, L. Schultz and B. Roper editors. Cutthroat trout: evolutionary biology and taxonomy. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 36. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland. from the streams of the Whitehorse Basin (or the Coyote Basin), southeastern Oregon. These fish have adapted to live under extreme conditions, and can withstand water temperatures as high as 85 °F for short periods of time.
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