Salmo chilo

Salmo chilo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Genus:	Salmo
Species:	chilo
Binomial name
*Salmo chilo* Turan, Kottelat & Engin, 2012

Salmo chilo is a salmonid fish, a relative of trout first described as a distinct species in 2012 from the Akdere Stream, a tributary of the Ceyhan River in Turkey. It is described as having a bulbous forehead, a blunt snout, and a mouth located on the bottom of the head with fleshy lips.^[1]

References

↑ Turan, D., Kottelat, M. & Engin, S. (2012): The trouts of the Mediterranean drainages of southern Anatolia, Turkey, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Salmonidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (3): 219-236.

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