Salmo rhodanensis

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Salmo rhodanensis

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salmo
Species:
S. rhodanensis
Binomial name
Salmo rhodanensis
Fowler, 1974

Salmo rhodanensis, or the Rhône trout, is a

Salmo trutta
. Salmo rhodanensis is an exclusively freshwater fish, and is uniquely characterized by four broad black bars on its body: behind gill opening, under dorsal base, above anal fin origin, and at the base of the tail.

The species is currently threatened by hybridization with the actual Salmo trutta that has been introduced by stocking to the same drainage. Pure, non-introgressed populations of the Rhône trout are actually not known.

References

  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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