Salmo cettii, or the Mediterranean trout, is a species of trout, a freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae.[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 nonmigratory fish which lives in streams and in karstic resurgences.[2] It is smaller than 40 cm (16 in) in length. It is sometimes referred to Salmo trutta macrostigma, which depending on concept is either a more widespread Mediterranean taxon, or a taxon endemic to Algeria.[2]
Salmo cettii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Salmo |
Species: | S. cettii
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Binomial name | |
Salmo cettii Rafinesque, 1810
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References
edit- ^ "Salmo cettii". Fishbase. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ^ a b Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Salmo cettii. In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. Retrieved 5 May 2015.