1 Tahrcountry Musings: December 2014

Saturday, December 13, 2014

New trout species from Turkey

Researchers from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Faculty of Fisheries in Turkey have discovered a new trout species. The new species gets the name, Salmo kottelati and is named after Maurice Kottelat, who contributed significantly to the knowledge of the fish fauna of Europe and Asia.


                                             Natural habitat of the new trout species
Pic Credits: Prof. Dr. Davut Turan