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Salmo cettii

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SALMONIFORMES	SALMONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Salmo cettii
Species Authority:	Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810
Taxonomic Notes:	Often appears in the literature as S. macrostigma, a species endemic to Algeria. Trouts retaining parr marks in adults are also present in southwestern France (southern Garonne tributaries and Adour drainages, Atlantic basin; Aude drainage, Mediterranean basin) and Iberian Peninsula (Ebro basin, Mediterranean basin). They have also been called S. macrostigma but apparently represent several distinct, unnamed and unstudied species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Near Threatened ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.
Reviewer/s:	Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)
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Justification: This species is found in Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian basin of Italy from Magra drainage southward (streams in hilly areas; in lowland in karstic resurgences) where it is threatened by water abstraction, overfishing and stocking of non-native trouts (resulting in hybridisation and competition). It is suspected that in the past three generations (10 to 12 years) the population has declined by almost 30%, and it will continue to do so as water abstraction will most likely increase.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Tyrrhenian basin of Italy from Magra drainage southward.
Countries:	Native: France; Holy See (Vatican City State); Italy
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Population [top]

Population:	Declining.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat: Streams in hilly areas; in lowland in karstic resurgences. Clear waters around 10-20°C, usually with dense subaquatic vegetation. Biology: Resident ecotype only. Spawns in January-March, on gravel bottom, in shallow water. Feeds mainly on aquatic insects.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Water abstraction, overfishing and stocking of non-native trouts (hybridisation and competition).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

There are local reserves set up specifically for the species in Italy.

Citation:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Salmo cettii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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