Salmonidae is the only family that belongs to the Salmoniformes order, which, according to one of the classifications, belongs to the Protacanthopterygii superorder, also comprising the following orders: Argentiniformes (representatives inhabit the Adriatic Sea), Esociformes (representatives inhabit the fresh waters of the Balkan and Apennine Peninsulas), and Osmeriformes (inhabitants of other regions).
(The Trout. 1873. Gustave Courbet)
The Salmonidae family comprises the following subfamilies: Salmoninae, Coregoninae and Thymallinae. And here comes a new round of disputes of scientists. It’s obvious that there are much more endemic forms in the world than in the classical ichthyological works nowadays. But adriaticnature will stick to acknowledged classifications, even though there is the desire to add something and comment.
The following species of the Salmonidae family inhabit the water bodies located within the territories of the countries bordering the Adriatic Sea:
European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus), Coregonus candidus, Coregonus macrophthalmus, peled (Coregonus peled), blaufelchen (Coregonus wartmanni);
Grayling (Thymallus thymallus);
Huchen (Hucho hucho);
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss);
Summer trout (Salmo aphelios), Struga trout (Salmo balcanicus), carpione del Garda (Salmo carpio), Northern Italian brook trout (Salmo cenerinus), Mediterranean trout (Salmo cettii), zubatak trout (Salmo dentex), Balkan brook trout (Salmo farioides), Fibreno trout (Salmo fibreni), Black Sea salmon (Salmo labrax), Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica), Salmo lumi, marble trout (Salmo marmoratus), Montenegro trout (Salmo montenigrinus), Adriatic trout (Salmo obtusirostris), belvica trout (Salmo ohridanus), Prespa trout (Salmo peristericus), Rhône trout (Salmo rhodanensis), Zeta trout (Salmo taleri), brown trout (Salmo trutta), Visovac’s trout (Salmo visovacensis), Zrmanja trout (Salmo zrmanjaensis);
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus alpinus), brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), lake char (Salvelinus umbla).