Fish of the Salmo genus of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder.
(Marble trout. Photo © neretva-trout.blogspot.com)
Marble trout (Salmo marmoratus) was first described in 1829 by the French naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769 – 1832). It inhabits fast-flowing oxygenated rivers. Besides, it is found in lakes with tributaries. The recorded maximum length is 120 cm. The maximum weight is 50 kg. It feeds on zooplankton, insects, fishes.
(Marble trout. Photo by © Smooth_O. wikimedia.org)
It’s the inhabitant of northern tributaries of the Po River, as well as the Adige, Brenta, Piave, Tagliamento and Livenza river basins (Italy), the Soca river basin (Italy, Slovenia), the Neretva river basin (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia), the Morača river basin (Montenegro) and Lake Skadar (Albania, Montenegro).
Names of marble trout (Salmo marmoratus) in other languages are as follows:
Trofta e mermertë (Albanian), Trucha marmorata, Trucha de mármol (Spanish), Trota marmorata (Italian), Главатица (Glavatica) (Macedonian), Marmorierte Forelle (German), Pstrąg marmurkowy (Polish), Мраморная форель (Mramornaja forelj) (Russian), Pastrmka glavatica (Serbian), Mramorasta pastrva, Glavatica (Croatian), Soška postrv (Slovenian), Mermer alabalık (Turkish), Truite marbrée (French).