| Family: |
Salmonidae (Salmonids), subfamily: Salmoninae |
| Max. size: |
40 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Europe: Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Tyrrehenian basin of Italy from Magra drainage southward. |
| Diagnosis: |
Distinguished from congeners in Mediterranean basin by having the following combination of characters: 9-13 parr marks in adults; caudal fin slightly emarginate; 20-60 small ocellated spots on flank (smaller than eye), some black, some brownish red (Ref. 59043). |
| Biology: |
Inhabits streams in hilly areas and lowland in karstic resurgences. Occurs in clear waters around 10-20° C, usually with dense subaquatic vegetation. Feeds mainly on aquatic insects. Spawns on gravel bottom in shallow water. Attains a maximum size of up to about 40 cm SL. Threatened due to water abstraction, overfishing and stocking of non-native trouts (Ref. 59043). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. (130435)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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