Salmo Brunoi

📖 Overview

Salmo Brunoi (Salmo brunoi), first described by Turan, Bayçelebi, Aksu & Oral, 2024 is a medium-sized fish in the family Salmonidae (order Salmoniformes). Adults typically reach 18.70 cm in maximum length. It inhabits freshwater systems including rivers, streams, and lakes. It occurs in Subtropical waters. It feeds on a mix of small fish and invertebrates as a mid-level predator.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

This species is distinguished from its congeners in Turkey and adjacent areas by the following set of characters: size small (with known maximum size 187 mm SL); body brownish in life; one black spot in postorbital and suborbital areas, greater than the pupil; opercle with two to four black spots. approximately smaller than the pupil; body with few black spots (fewer than 60), approximately equal to the pupil, ocellated, scattered on the back and the upper part of the flank (missing in the predorsal area); red spots are few (fewer than 40), smaller than the pupil, irregularly shaped, surrounded by an irregularly shaped narrow ring, organized in two to four irregular longitudinal rows; number of black and red spots not increasing with size; anal fin is short (12-15% SL in males, 12-14 in females), adipose fin large, its height 8-9% SL in males and females, short distance between adipose fin and caudal fin bases (13-14% SL in males, 12-14% in females) .Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Salmo Brunoi is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

🥚 Reproduction

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; pelagic. Subtropical

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

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