Ala Balik

biology_ecology

Habitat. Clear and moderately fast-flowing streams with rocky and pebbly bottoms. Biology. Spawns October – middle December.

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conservation

Conservation status. EN; believed to decline due to many threats in its small range.

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diagnosis

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Salmo in Mediterranean basin by: ● head dorso-ventrally flattened / ● flank marbled or mottled without red spot in individuals larger than 70 mm SL, without black spots in individuals larger than about 200 mm SL / ● 12 – 13 parr marks up to about 70 mm SL / ○ lower jaw enclosed laterally by fleshy maxilla / ○ four broad dark-brown or grey bands on flank, indistinct in individuals smaller than about 170 mm SL / ○ one black spots behind eye / ○ 7 – 16 very indistinct black spots on opercle / ○ maxilla short, narrow anterior part short / ○ maxilla and supramaxilla wide (depth of upper jaw 2.2 – 2.7 times in length of maxilla) / ○ 110 – 116 lateral-line scales counted until end of hypural complex / ○ 23 – 25 scale rows between dorsal origin and lateral line / ○ 17 – 18 scale rows between anal origin and lateral line / ○ 13 – 15 scale rows between adipose origin and lateral line / ● 23 – 25 gill rakers. Size up to 600 mm SL.

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distribution

Distribution. Türkiye: Soğuksu, Uzunyayla, and Karagöz in upper Zamantı drainage.

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