Anatolian trout
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| Behnke , 1968 |
The Anatolian trout ( Salmo platycephalus ) is a species from the family of salmon fish (salmonids), which the south-central Turkey in the rivers Karagöz , Soguksu and Uzunyayla endemic is. The species could be traced back to released trout ( Salmo trutta ), with which the Anatolian trout may be conspecific . The fish are relatively common, but are considered threatened because of their small distribution area.
features
Anatolian trout have a broad head with a blunt snout. They are dark brown in color with a lighter belly. The fins are large with light edges. The dorsal fin has three hard and 10 soft rays, the anal fin has three hard and eight soft rays. The pectoral fins have 14 rays , the pelvic fins nine. The lateral line organ runs through 109 to 110 scales. The gill trap has 23 or 24 thorns on the first arch.
Way of life
The species occurs in fast flowing mountain rivers. The spawning season is in autumn. It reaches an age of around 10 years.
swell
- Ahmet Nuri Tarkan, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Gökcen Bilge, Özcan Gaygusuz, Cigdem Gürsoy: Threatened fishes of the world: Salmo platycephalus Behnke, 1968 (Salmonidae) . In: Environmental Biology of Fish . tape 81 , 2008, ISSN 0378-1909 , p. 371–372 , doi : 10.1007 / s10641-007-9213-x (English).
Web links
- Anatolian trout on Fishbase.org (English)
- Salmo platycephalus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Crivelli, AJ, 2006. Retrieved October 3, 2013.