Caspian Salmon

Salmo ciscaucasicus

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae

Salmo ciscaucasicus, the Caspian salmon or Terek trout, is a salmonid fish endemic to the Caspian Sea and its inflowing rivers. It was described in 1967 originally as a subspecies of Salmo trutta. S.

Distribution

Caspian Salmon — Kaya C, Bayçelebi E, Turan D (2020) Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 325-344. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.52241 · CC BY 4.0

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 2

Sources and credits

PhotoKaya C, Bayçelebi E, Turan D (2020) Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 325-344. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.52241 · CC BY 4.0 DescriptionSalmo ciscaucasicus, Wikipedia contributors

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