Salmo kottelati, a new species of trout from Alakır Stream, draining to the Mediterranean in southern Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei, Salmonidae)

Abstract

Salmo kottelati sp. n., is described from Alakır Stream (Mediterranean basin) in Turkey. It is distinguished from other Anatolian Salmo species by a combination of the following characters (none unique to the species): general body colour greenish to silvery in life; 7–9 parr marks along lateral line; four dark bands on flank absent in both sexes; black ocellated spots few, present only on upper part of flank in individuals smaller than 160 mm SL but in larger both males and females black spots numerous and located on back and middle and upper part of flank; red spots few to numerous, scattered on median, and half of lower and upper part of flank; head long (length 29–33% SL in males, 26–32 in females); mouth large (length of mouth gape 13–19% SL in males, 12–15 in females); maxilla long (length 10–13% SL in males, 8–12 in females); 105–113 lateral line scales; 24–29 scale rows between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin, 17–19 scale rows between lateral line and anal-fin origin; 13–15 scales between lateral line and adipose-fin insertion.

Munzur Akarsuyu Orijinli Yeni Bir Alabalık Türü Olan Salmo munzuricus’un Anaç Bireyleri Üzerinde 2-Fenoksietanol’ün Anestezik Etkinliği

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“…The Munzur Stream arises from the Munzur Mountains in the north of Ovacik and joins the Pülümür Stream and flows into the Keban Dam Lake. Salmo munzuricus, their identity was not clear up to now, newly described by Davut et al [16] , commonly known as red spotted trout is distinguished from other Anatolian Salmo species by having a large adipose fin in male (almost as large as dorsal or anal fins in older males), with a very narrow white margin, then red submarginal band, then a white stripe or spots, then red again in males. It is an endangered salmonid species with high economic value in Munzur Stream which is an important water supply in Turkey.…”

Morphologic and genetic characterisation of Corsican and Sardinian trout with comments on Salmo taxonomy

“…except Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, is revised continuously. Among molecular oriented ichthyologists, this part of Salmo diversity is most often referred to as brown trout Salmo trutta or "brown trout complex", whereas taxonomic oriented scientists, mainly focusing on morphology, continue to describe new species and recognize at least 50 distinct taxa (Delling and Doadrio, 2005;Su snik et al, 2006Su snik et al, , 2007Kottelat and Freyhof, 2007;Delling, 2010;Turan et al, 2009Turan et al, , 2011Turan et al, , 2012Turan et al, , 2014aTuran et al, , 2014bTuran et al, , 2017Turan et al, , 2020Doadrio et al, 2015;Froese and Pauly, 2019).…”

Two new species of atlantic trout (Actinopterygii, Salmonidae) from Morocco

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