Salmo aphelios
| Salmo aphelios | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Salmo |
| Species: | S. aphelios
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| Binomial name | |
| Salmo aphelios Kottelat, 1997
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Salmo aphelios is a species of
Salmo aphelios is one of four different forms of the
S. letnica, and S. lumi. The various trout forms, which have been suggested to be different species,[2] are distinguished by their breeding time and habitat, by which they in practice are thought to be reproductively isolated from each other. Genetic data have not supported their distinction, though.[3][4]
Salmo aphelios specifically spawns from May to July near the underwater springs on the eastern shore of the lake, at the Macedonian-Albanian border area. Its flesh is typically of orange colour. Overall, the Ohrid trouts are silvery in colour, with black dots. Red dots occur along the lateral line. S. aphelios can grow to 40 cm long.[2]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Salmo aphelios" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ Lake Ohrid trouts Balkan trout restoration group. Downloaded on 20 May 2010.
- ^ Suśnik S, Snoj A, Wilson I, Mrdak D, Weiss S (2007) Historical demography of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in the Adriatic drainage including the putative S. letnica endemic to Lake Ohrid. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(1), 63-76. (abstract)