Salmo abanticus

The Abant trout[1] (Salmo abanticus), is a salmonid fish native to Lake Abant in northern Anatolia.[2][3] It was initially described as a subspecies of the brown trout Salmo trutta, but later considered a full species.[2] On the basis of crossing experiments and mtDNA sequences, Kalayci et al. (2018) however proposed that it should be considered a local strain within Salmo trutta, with no distinct species status.[4]

Salmo abanticus
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Salmo abanticus
Tortonese, 1954

The native lake has no significant tributaries but is fed by water from springs.

References

  1. M. KOCABAS, N. BASCINAR, S.A. SAHİN, F. KUTLUYER, O. AKSU (2011) Hatching performance and yolk sac absorption of Abant trout (Salmo abanticus, T., 1954) Scientific Research and Essays 6, 4946-4949.
  2. Salmo abanticus fishbase
  3. Turan D, Kottelat M, Bektas Y (2011) Salmo tigridis, a new species of trout from the Tigris River, Turkey (Teleostei: Salmonidae) Zootaxa
  4. Kalayci G, Ozturk RC, Capkin E, Altinok I (2018) Genetic and molecular evidence that brown trout Salmo trutta belonging to the Danubian lineage are a single biological species. Journal of Fish Biology 93, 792-804.


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