Salmo kottelati

Salmo kottelati
	Male (holotype), 205 mm (8.07 in)
	Female (paratype), 208 mm (8.19 in)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Genus:	Salmo
Species:	S. kottelati
Binomial name
	Salmo kottelati; Turan, Doğan, Kaya, & Kanyılmaz, 2014
	Approximate location of Alakır Stream in Antalya Province, Turkey

Salmo kottelati is a species of trout endemic to the Alakır Stream of Antalya Province in southern Turkey.^[1] It was previously considered part of Salmo macrostigma (Salmo trutta macrostigma).^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Swiss ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat (b. 1957), because of his contributions to the study of European and Asian fishes.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Davut Turan; Esra Doğan; Cüneyt Kaya & Mahir Kanyılmaz (2014). "Salmo kottelati, a new species of trout from Alakır Stream, draining to the Mediterranean in southern Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei, Salmonidae)". ZooKeys (462): 135–151. Bibcode:2014ZooK..462..135T. doi:10.3897/zookeys.462.8177. PMC 4284436. PMID 25589858.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SALMONIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

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[Turan-1] Davut Turan; Esra Doğan; Cüneyt Kaya & Mahir Kanyılmaz (2014). "Salmo kottelati, a new species of trout from Alakır Stream, draining to the Mediterranean in southern Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei, Salmonidae)". ZooKeys (462): 135–151. Bibcode:2014ZooK..462..135T. doi:10.3897/zookeys.462.8177. PMC 4284436. PMID 25589858.

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SALMONIFORMES". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

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