Salmo aphelios
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The aphelios Salmo is a species from the family of salmon fish (salmonids), which is endemic in the Lake Ohrid at the Albanian - nordmazedonischen occur border.
features
Salmo aphelios reaches a length of 40 centimeters, possibly more. Outwardly it is very similar to the Ohrid trout ( Salmo letnica ) and the species Salmo balcanicus , but differs from them by their orange flesh. The head and body are silvery with black spots. Red spots are mainly due to the lateral line available
Way of life
The species spawns on the east coast of the lake from May to July, which separates them from the species Salmo letnica , which spawn in January and February, and Salmo balcanicus , which spawns at the outflow of the lake from October to January .
swell
- Maurice Kottelat , Jörg Freyhof : Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes . Publications Kottelat, Cornol 2007, ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4 , pp. 420, 422 .
Web links
- Salmo aphelios on Fishbase.org (English)
- Salmo aphelios inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Crivelli, AJ, 2006. Retrieved October 17, 2013.