Fish of the Salmo genus of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder.
(Ohrid trout. Photo by © M. Kottelat, J. Freyhof. ittiofauna.org)
Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica) was first described in 1924 by the Macedonian biologist Stanko L. Karaman (1889 – 1959). The recorded maximum length is 76 cm. The maximum weight is 6.5 kilograms. It feeds on zooplankton and fishes.
(Ohrid trout. Photo by © dorina.altervista.org)
It’s endemic of the eastern part of Lake Ohrid (Albania, Macedonia). It enters the tributaries of the lake.
Names of Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica) in other languages are as follows:
Korani (Albanian), Охридска пъстърва (Ohridska pistirva) (Bolgarian), Trucha de Ohrid (Spanish), Trota del lago di Ocrida (Italian), Летница(Letnica) (Macedonian), Ohridforelle (German), Форель-летница (Forelj-ljetnica) (Russian), Ohridska pastrmka, Letnica (Serbian), Ohridska pastrva (Croatian), Truite d’Ohrid (French).