Salmo baliki Turan, Aksu, Oral, Kaya & Bayçelebi, 2021

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 422-423

Salmo baliki Turan, Aksu, Oral, Kaya & Bayçelebi, 2021 [E] ― Trout/Kırmızı benekli alabalık

Taxonomy. Original description: Salmo baliki Turan, Aksu, Oral, Kaya & Bayçelebi, 2021: 474 , figs. 2-4 [Stream Sinek, tributary of Murat River at Taşlıçay, Ağrı Province, Türkiye, 39.758749°N, 43.464480°E; holotype: FFR 3242 ]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: Turan et al. (2021: 474, figs. 2-4) .

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Turan et al. (2021). ― Turkish material: FFR.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: NortheasterntributariesofEuphratesRiver.― Distribution in river basins: 21-Fırat-Dicle. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: Murat River drainage, upper Euphrates River basin, Ağrı Province, Türkiye. ― Distribution in ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris and Euphrates. ― Habitat: This species inhabits cold streams, rivers, and lakes. Spawns in rivers and streams with swift water. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: NE (2023). ― Threats: Unknown. ― High sensitivity to human activities. ― Keystone species. ― Decline status: Unknown. ― High priority for conservation action.

Salmo caspius Kessler, 1877 [N] ― Caspian trout/Hazar alası

Taxonomy. Original description: Salmo caspius Kessler, 1877: 62 , Pl. 2 (fig. 15) [Kura River near Bozhii Promysel fishing grounds, Azerbaijan; syntypes: (3) not at ZIN]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: Kessler (1877: 62, Pl. 2, fig. 15).

Status in Türkiye. Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004) as Salmo trutta caspius ; Geldiay and Balık (2007) as Salmo trutta caspius ; Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2020). ― Turkish material: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Kura-Aras River basin. ― Distribution in river basins: 24- Aras. ― General distribution: Eurasia: Kura River drainage and southern and southwestern Caspian Sea watersheds. ― Distribution in ecoregions: 434-Kura - South Caspian Drainages. ― Habitat: This species inhabits cold streams, rivers, and lakes. Spawns in rivers and streams with swift water. Freshwater, brackish, marine.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: NE (2023). ― Threats: Unknown. ― High sensitivity to human activities. ― Keystone species. ― Decline status: Unknown. ― High priority for conservation action.