Fish of the Salmo genus of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder.
(Struga trout. Photo © ittiofauna.org)*
Struga trout, or kresnica (Salmo balcanicus) was first described in 1927 by the Macedonian biologist Stanko L. Karaman (1889 – 1959). The recorded maximum length is 40 cm. It feeds on zooplankton and small fishes.
It’s the endemic of the north-western part of Lake Ohrid (Albania, Macedonia). It enters the pre-mouth areas of the rivers. It’s a rare species.
It’s on the verge of going extinct because of the construction of dams on rivers with natural spawning grounds.
* adriaticnature apologizes over the photo of Salmo balcanicus from some “restaurant”. This is the only available high-quality photo that could be found.
Names of Struga trout (Salmo balcanicus) in other languages are as follows:
Korani ballkanik (Albanian), Trota di Struga, Kresnica (Italian), Балканска пастрмка (Balkanska pastrmka) (Macedonian).