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, 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 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]

References

↑ "Salmo cettii". Fishbase. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
1 2 Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Salmo cettii. In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. Downloaded on 5 May 2015.

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