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. SAHÄ°N, 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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