''Salmo platycephalus'', known as the flathead trout,
[Tarkan, AN et al. (2008]
Threatened fishes of the world: ''Salmo platycephalus'' Behnke, 1968 (Salmonidae)
''Environ. Biol. Fishes'' 81, 371-372. Ala balik
[ or the Turkish trout,][ 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.][ 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
The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coasta ...
may cause population decline. The species is classified as critically endangered.brown trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...
(''Salmo trutta'') and thus not be a distinct species of its own. Nevertheless, it is a unique form which requires protection.[
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References
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.
platycehphalus
Fish described in 1969
Fish of Turkey
Endemic fauna of Turkey
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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