Salmo platycephalus

Salmo platycephalus, known as the flathead trout,[2][3] Ala balik[1][2] or the Turkish trout,[2] is a type of trout, a fish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to southeastern Turkey. It is known only from one population, which occupies three streams, tributaries of the Zamantı River in the Seyhan River basin.[3] The population itself is abundant, but subject to threat by habitat loss, since the range is small. Also, predation of juveniles by introduced rainbow trout may cause population decline. The species is classified as critically endangered.[1]

Salmo platycephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Salmoniformes
Family:
Salmonidae
Genus:
Salmo
Species:
S. platycephalus
Binomial name
Salmo platycephalus
Behnke, 1969

Genetic evidence suggests that the flathead trout may indeed be derived from introduced brown trout (Salmo trutta) and thus not be a distinct species of its own. Nevertheless, it is a unique form which requires protection.[3]

References
  1. Freyhof, J. 2019. Salmo platycephalus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T19854A19849937. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19854A19849937.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Salmo platycephalus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Tarkan, AN et al. (2008) Threatened fishes of the world: Salmo platycephalus Behnke, 1968 (Salmonidae) Environ. Biol. Fishes 81, 371-372.

Literature
  • Behnke, R.J. 1968. A new subgenus and species of trout, Salmo (Platysalmo) platycephalus, from south-central Turkey, with comments on the classification of the subfamily Salmoninae. Mitt. Hamburg Zool. Mus. Inst. 66: 1–15.


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