Salmo kottelati

Salmo kottelati is a species of trout endemic to the Alakır Stream of Antalya Province in southern Turkey.[1] It was previously considered part of Salmo macrostigma (Salmo trutta macrostigma).[1]

Salmo kottelati
Male (holotype), 205 mm (8.07 in)
Female (paratype), 208 mm (8.19 in)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salmo
Species:
S. kottelati
Binomial name
Salmo kottelati
Turan, Doğan, Kaya, & Kanyılmaz, 2014
Approximate location of Alakır Stream in Antalya Province, Turkey

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Swiss ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat (b. 1957), because of his contributions to the study of European and Asian fishes.[2]

References

  1. Davut Turan; Esra Doğan; Cüneyt Kaya & Mahir Kanyılmaz (2014). "Salmo kottelati, a new species of trout from Alakır Stream, draining to the Mediterranean in southern Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei, Salmonidae)". ZooKeys (462): 135–151. doi:10.3897/zookeys.462.8177. PMC 4284436. PMID 25589858.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SALMONIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 April 2022.


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