Salmo kottelati

Species of fish

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

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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

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1. ^ 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.
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.

Taxon identifiers

Salmo kottelati|

* Wikidata: Q20720369
* Wikispecies: Salmo kottelati
* CoL: 6XCYD
* FishBase: 67602
* GBIF: 8246481
* iNaturalist: 620214
* NCBI: 2752228
* Open Tree of Life: 5827881
* WoRMS: 827679
* ZooBank: A1CED992-9A64-4369-B88C-918DFB12BBDC

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