Salmo cettii

Salmo cettii
Salmo cettii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salmo
Species: S. cettii
Binomial name
Salmo cettii
Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810

Salmo cettii, or the Mediterranean trout, is a species of trout, a freshwater fish in the Salmonidae family.[1] It lives in the Mediterranean region, in Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and on the Italian mainland in the Magra drainage and further south. It is a non-migratory fish which lives in streams and in karstic resurgences.[2] It is smaller than 40 cm in length. It is sometimes referred to Salmo trutta macrostigma, which is a more widespread Mediterranean taxon.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Salmo cettii". Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.gr/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49461. Retrieved 2009-03-31. 
  2. ^ a b Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Salmo cettii. In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. Downloaded on 05 May 2010.
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