Fish of the Salmo genus of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder.
(Belvica trout. Photo by © Dragisa Mircevski. fishbase.org)
Belvica trout (Salmo ohridanus) was first described in 1892 by the Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834 – 1919). The recorded maximum length is 33.6 cm. The maximum weight is 685 grams. It feeds on invertebrates, zooplankton and small fishes.
It’s the endemic of Lake Ohrid (Albania, Macedonia).
It is listed in IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species (VU).
Names of Belvica trout (Salmo ohridanus) in other languages are as follows:
Belushka (Albanian), Trucha albanesa (Spanish), Carpione del lago di Ocrida (Italian), Белвица (Belvica) (Macedonian), Łosoś ochrydzki (Polish).