''Salmothymus'' is a genus name of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

in the family

Salmonidae Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whitefish ...

, established for the

Adriatic trout ''Salmo obtusirostris'', also known as the Adriatic trout, Adriatic salmon, and softmouth trout, is a species of salmonid fish endemic to the rivers of Western Balkans in southeastern Europe. The scientific name has changed several times thro ...

(''Salmothymus obrusirostris''). More commonly, however, the species is considered a member of the wider genus ''

Salmo ''Salmo'' is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae. The single ''Salmo'' species naturally found in the Atlantic North America is the Atlantic salmon, whereas the salmon and trout of the Pacific basin belong to another genus, '' ...

'', i.e. ''Salmo obtusirostris''.{{FishBase, genus=Salmo, species=obtusirostris, year=2009, month=September ''Salmothymus'' thus is a junior synonym of ''Salmo'', not in current use.

References

Salmonidae Obsolete vertebrate taxa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot