Balkan Brook Trout

Salmo farioides

Thirty Centimeters Trout

Balkan Brook Trout is a freshwater fish from Europe. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Salmons and Trout
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salmo
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Europe: streams of eastern Adriatic slope from Zrmanja to Mornos drainages (Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Greece). This species probably represents an artificial assemblage of several species. Salmo occurring from Alfios (Peloponnese) possibly refer to this species. Status of threat: near threatened.

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