Salmo obtusirostris

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Salmonids ; Occurs in water courses at high altitude . Is threatened by the construction of dams, introduction of new species and overfishing [1].

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [2].

Ecology: It lives in rivers of the karstic region.[2].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Salar obtusirostris Heckel • Salmo montenegrinus • Salmo montenegrinus (Karaman • Salmo montenigrinus (Karaman • Salmo obtusirostris oxyrhynchus Steindachner • Salmo zetensis (Hadzisce • Salmothymus obtusirostris • Salmothymus obtusirostris (Heckel • Salmothymus zetensis Hadzisce • Thymallus microlepis Steindachner • Trutta montenigrina Karaman • Trutta obtusirostris krkensis Karaman • Trutta obtusirostris salonitana Karaman

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Salmo

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 109 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. albula (European Whitefish) · S. alpinus (Salt-Water Trout) · S. anostomus (Striped Headstander) · S. apache (Arizona Trout) · S. aphelios (Salmon) · S. arcticus (Sailfin Arctic Grayling) · S. autumnalis (Arctic Cisco) · S. balcanicus (Salmon) · S. bimaculatus (Two Spotted Sardine) · S. carpio (Carpione Del Garda) · S. caspius (Mexican Golden Trout) · S. cettii (Mediterranean Trout) · S. clarki (Cutthroat Trout) · S. clarkii (Coastal Cutthroat Trout) · S. clarkii clarkii (Coastal Cutthroat Trout) · S. colii (Cole's Charr) · S. confluentus (Bull Trout) · S. corimbata (Menominee Whitefish) · S. dentex (Salmon) · S. eperlanus (European Smelt) · S. eriox rhodanensis (Salmon) · S. erythrinus (Davatchan) · S. ezenami (Kezenoi-Am Trout) · S. trutta subsp. trutta (Brook Trout) · S. fasciatus (Black-Banded Leporinus) · S. ferox (Ferox Trout) · S. fibreni (Fibreno Trout) · S. filamentosus (Mediterranean Flagfin) · S. fontinalis (Eastern Speckled Trout) · S. formosanus (Cherry Salmon) · S. friderici (Threespot Leporinus) · S. gairdneri (Rainbow Trout) · S. gairdnerii (Rainbow Trout) · S. gibbosus (Humpback Headstander) · S. gilae (Gila Trout) · S. gorbuscha (Humpbacked Salmon) · S. grayi (Gray's Charr) · S. hucho (Danube Salmon Or Huchen) · S. iridea (Rainbow Trout) · S. irideus (Rainbow Trout) · S. ischchan (Sevan Trout) · S. keta (Calico Salmon) · S. killinensis (Coho Salmon Or Silver Salmon) · S. labrax (Black Sea Trout) · S. lenok (Manchurian Trout) · S. lepechini (Salmon) · S. letnica (Ohrid Trout) · S. letnica lumi (Salmon) · S. leucichthys (Beloribitsa) · S. leucomaenis (East Siberian Char) · S. lucidus (Salmon) · S. lumi (Salmon) · S. macedonicus (Salmon) · S. macedonicus peristericus (Salmon) · S. malma (Redspotted Rocky Mountain Trout) · S. marmoratus (Salmon) · S. masou (Japanese Cherry Salmon) · S. migratorius (Baikal Omul) · S. mistops (Mueller's Bristle-Mouth Fish) · S. muksun (California Golden Trout) · S. mykiss aguabonita (California Golden Trout) · S. myops (Short-Headed Lizardfish) · S. namaycush (Landlocked Salmon) · S. nasus (Large Bottom Whitefish) · S. nerka (Sockeye Salmon Or Kokanee) · S. nigripinnis (Sonaghen) · S. obtusirostris (Adriatic Salmon) · S. odoe (Kafue Pike Characin) · S. olidus (Pond Smelt) · S. omiscomaycus (Trout-Perch) · S. orcadensis (Amu-Darya Trout) · S. oxyrinchus (Pollán) · S. pacificus (Salvation Fish) · S. pallaryi (Salmon) · S. pelagonicus (Pelagos Trout) · S. peled (Northern Whitefish) · S. penshinensis (Kamchatka Steelhead) · S. perisii (Torgoch Charr) · S. peristericus (Salmon) · S. perryi (Taimen) · S. pidschian (Siberian Whitefish) · S. platycephalus (Flathead Sponge-Goby) · S. rhodanensis (Rh?ne Trout) · S. rhombeus (Spotted Piranha) · S. salar (Common Atlantic Salmon) · S. salar relictus (Atlantic Salmon) · S. saurus (Bluestripe Lizardfish) · S. schiefermuelleri (Mayforelle) · S. silus (Atlantic Argentine) · S. stomachicus (Gillaroo) · S. stomachius (Salmon) · S. struanensis (Struan Charr) · S. taimen (Danube Salmon) · S. taleri (Zeta Trout) · S. thymallus (European Grayling) · S. trutta (Aral Sea Trout) · S. trutta aralensis (Aral Sea Trout) · S. trutta fario (Brook Trout) · S. trutta lacustris (Lake Trout) · S. trutta macrostigma (Salmon)

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Further Reading

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 527.
• Cassell's natural history. Ed. by P. Martin Duncan. .. London [etc]Cassell & Company, Limited, 1896. url p. 116, p. 116.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1866. url p. 79.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 156, p. 338.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17 1894 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 120.
• The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof: a report of the Austro-Hungarian sea-fisheries, with a detailed description of the marine fauna of the Adriatic Gulf / by G. L. Faber; with eighteen woodcut illustrations after drawings by Leo Littrow, and numerous engravings on stone. London: B. Quaritch, 1883. url p. 224, p. 280.
• The fresh-water fishes of Europe: a history of their genera, species, structure, habits, and distribution / by H. G. Seeley. London, Cassell & company, limited, 1886. url , , p. 265, p. 286.
• The fresh-water fishes of Europe; a history of their genera, species, structure, habits, and distribution. London, Cassell, 1886. url p. 265, p. 286, p. 287, p. viii, p. x.
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 527.
• The variation of animals in nature, by G.C. Robson. .. and O.W. Richards. .. with 2 coloured plates and 30 illustrations in the text. London, Longmans, Green and co.[1936] url p. 287.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 16, 2007.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Salmo obtusirostris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535588
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-152397
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 623504
• IUCN ID: 240434
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 143098

Footnotes

1. Crivelli, A.J. (1996). The freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean region. An action plan for their conservation. Tour du Valat Publication, 171 p. [back]
2. Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Salmo obtusirostris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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