Salmo platycephalus

The Anatolian trout ( Salmo platycephalus ) is a species of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae ), which in the rivers Karagöz, Soguksu and Uzunyayla is endemic in south central Turkey. The type could be due to exposed trout (Salmo trutta ), with the Anatolian trout may be conspecific. The fish are fairly common, but are due to its small distribution area as threatened.

Features

Anatolian trout have a broad head with a blunt snout. They are dark brown in color with lighter belly. The fins are large with bright edges. The dorsal fin has three hard and 10 soft rays, the anal fin three hard - and eight soft rays. The pectoral fins have 14 rays on the pelvic fins nine. The lateral line runs through 109-110 shed. The gills Reuse carries on first arch 23 or 24 spines.

Way of life

The species occurs in fast -flowing mountain rivers. The spawning time is in the fall. It will reach an age of about 10 years.

Swell

  • Ahmet Nuri Tarkan, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Gökçen Bilge, Özcan Gaygusuz, Cigdem Gursoy: Threatened fishes of the world: Salmo platycephalus Behnke, 1968 ( Salmonidae). In: Environmental Biology of Fish. 81, 2008, ISSN 0378-1909, pp. 371-372 (full text).
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