Salmo pallaryi
| Salmo pallaryi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Salmo |
| Species: | S. pallaryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Salmo pallaryi Pellegrin, 1924 | |
Salmo pallaryi was a species of trout that inhabited a single lake in the Atlas mountains of northern Morocco, at higher than 2000 metres altitude. It went extinct in the 1930s, probably because of introduction of common carp in the lake. Only two individuals remain in museum collections.
Sources
- Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Salmo pallaryi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.
External links
- Bo Delling and Ignacio Doadrio (2005) Systematics of the trouts endemic to Moroccan lakes (abstract) Swedish Museum of Natural History website.
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