Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758

Iglésias, Samuel P., Bariche, Michel, Beau, Florent, Bérenger, Lucas, Beucher, Renaud, Chabrolle, Antoine, Cottalorda, Jean-Michel, Cousin, Bertrand, Curd, Amelia, Danet, Valentin, Duhamel, Erwan, Duval, Audrey, Farque, Pierre-André, Goascoz, Nicolas, Jadaud, Angélique, Larnaud, Pascal, Bouter, Mathieu Le, Bras, Yvan Le, Bris, Sylvain Le, Lombard, Laurent, Louisy, Patrick, Mandine, Alain, Mas, Lise, Menut, Thomas, Metral, Luisa, Poussard, Pierre, Quéro, Jean-Claude, Raybaud, Virginie, Renoult, Julien P., Richard, Thomas, Spitz, Jérôme, Ternon, Quentin, Thiriet, Pierre & Tournier-Broer, Ruben, 2021, French ichthyological records for 2019, Cybium 45 (3), pp. 169-188 : 171

Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758

A Sea trout, Salmonidae ( Fig. 2D ), was collected on 17 Jun 2019 during the MEDITS survey, using a bottom trawl. It was collected off the Rhône River in the Gulf of Lion (Mediterranean Sea), Station G 309 (43.156 / 43.137 °N, 4.996 / 4.975°E), at 114-115 m depth. Seawater bottom temperature was 13.67-13.70°C and salinity was 35.17-35.30‰. The individual measured ca. 23 cm TL and weighed 268 g. It looked underweight and unhealthy. Recorded by L. Metral and A. Jadaud. Sea trout are rare in the Mediterranean Sea and considered stray specimens .

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Figure 2. – Significant French ichthyological records for 2019. A: Tetronarce nobiliana, 699 mm TL, 25 Nov 2019 (© T. Richard); B: Gymnothorax unicolor, ~40 cm TL, 16 Mar 2019 (© S. Le Bris); C: Maulisia mauli, 95 mm TL, 25 Oct 2019 (© S.P. Iglésias); D: Salmo trutta, ~23 cm TL, 17 Jun 2019 (© L. Metral); E: Grammonus ater, ~6 cm TL, 24 Aug 2019 (© S. Le Bris).