Salmo dentex

Salmo dentex

Salmo dentex is a species of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae ) that is found in the Balkans from the Krka to Vjosa and possibly in the Greek Alfios.

Features

Salmo dentex usually reaches a length of 20-25 centimeters, at Hutovo Blato wetland animals with almost 60 centimeters in length and over two kilograms were found. The body is flattened elongated and laterally. The head is pointed with a narrow snout. The back is silvery, towards the belly coloration fades to white belly. Small black spots are on the head and body, especially in the upper range, while dark red points are distributed with a bright edge of various sizes over the entire flank. The lateral line runs through 115-122 shed. The fins are gray and orange during the mating season. The dorsal fin has four hard - and nine to ten soft rays, the anal fin four hard - and seven or eight soft rays. The pectoral fins have next to two hard, eight soft rays, the pelvic fins in addition to a hard jet 11 to 13 soft rays. The caudal fin has 19 rays, a fat fin. The gills Reuse has the right 11 to 13, 12 to 14 spines on the left.

Way of life

Salmo dentex populated large rivers and lakes, where two different morphs occur ( " trout " and " lake trout "). Some populations overwinter in deep lakes and drag in the summer in the rivers. The spawning season is probably from November to January. Eggs are laid on gravelly ground.

Swell

• Pero Tutman, Branko Glamuzina, Jakov Dulčić: Threatened fishes of the world: Salmo dentex ( Heckel 1852) ( Salmonidae). In: Environmental Biology of Fish. 81, No. 2, 2008 ISSN 0378-1909, pp. 175-175, doi: 10.1007/s10641-007-9273-y.
• Maurice Kottelat, Jörg Freyhof: Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol 2007, ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4, p 421