Salmo coruhensis

Salmo coruhensis is a species of trout, a freshwater salmonid fish. It lives in streams flowing into the Black Sea, in Turkey and possibly Georgia.[1]

Salmo coruhensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Salmoniformes
Family:
Salmonidae
Genus:
Salmo
Species:
S. coruhensis
Binomial name
Salmo coruhensis
Turan, Kottelat & Engin, 2010

This fish is silvery in colour and can grow to 80 cm length.[2] It lives in clear, flowing water, particularly in middle stretches of the main branches of rivers and streams. On the other hand, it is also found in short coastal streams. After spawning it moves to the sea but stays near the river mouths, or in the lower stretches of rivers. It migrates upstream to breed in October-November.[2]

References
  1. Turan, D., M. Kottelat and S. Engin, 2009. Two new species of trouts, resident and migratory, sympatric in streams of northern Anatolia (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 20(4):333-364.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Salmo coruhensis" in FishBase. April 2015 version.


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