Salmo letnica

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SALMONIFORMES	SALMONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Salmo letnica
Species Authority:	(Karaman, 1924)
Common Name/s: English – Ohrid Trout

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s	Crivelli, A.J.
Evaluator/s:	Freyhof, J. & Mrakovcic, M. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004)
Justification: Taxonomy needs to be confirmed using molecular data. There is also little information on abundance, trend and threats.
History:	1996 – Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	It is restricted to Ohrid lake in Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Countries:	Native: Albania; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of

Population [top]

Population:	No data.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives at depths of 60–80 m within the lake. Spawning season is in January-February. This trout makes up the bulk of catches of salmonid in the Albanian waters of Ohrid lake.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Water pollution, hybridization.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None

Bibliography [top]

Citations:

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Kottelat, M. 1997. European freshwater fishes. Biologia 52(5): 1-271. Rakaj, N. and Flloko, A. 1995. Conservation status of freshwater fish of Albania. Biological Conservation 72: 195–199.