Fish of the Salmo genus of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder.
(Adriatic trout. Photo © ratschan.at)
Adriatic trout (Salmo obtusirostris) was first described in 1851 by the Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist Johann Jakob Heckel (1790 – 1857). It’s the inhabitant of submontane and mountain streams of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro. The recorded maximum length is 70 cm. It feeds on invertebrates.
(Adriatic trout. Photo by © Jaz pa pojdem. wikipedia.org)
Salmo obtusirostris krkensis: Krka River (Croatia).
Salmo obtusirostris oxyrhynchus: Neretva River basin (Neretva, Buna, Bregava, Rama, Trebižat, Vrljika rivers (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia)).
Salmo obtusirostris salonitana: Jadro River and Žrnovnica River (Croatia).
Salmo obtusirostris zetensis: Zeta River and Morača River (Montenegro).
It is listed in IUCN Red List as an endangered species (EN).
Names of Adriatic trout (Salmo obtusirostris) in other languages are as follows:
Trofta e Cemit (Albanian), Dalmát pisztráng (Hungarian), Trucha adriática (Spanish), Trota illirica (Italia), Гарска пастрмка (Garska pastrmka) (Macedonian), Adria-Forelle (German), Адриатическая форель (Adriaticheskaja forelj) (Russian), Mekousna pastrmka (Serbian), Jadranska pastrva, Mekousna pastrva (Salmo obtusirostris krkensis – Zlousta mekousna pastrva; Salmo obtusirostris salonitana – Solinka; Salmo obtusirostris oxyrhynchus – Neretvanska mekousna pastrva) (Croatian), Truite à lèvres molles (French).