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Salmo trutta macrostigma

Salmo macrostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salmo
Species: S. macrostigma
Binomial name
Salmo macrostigma
(A. H. A. Duméril, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Salar macrostigma A. H. A. Duméril, 1858
  • Salmo fario macrostigma (A. H. A. Duméril, 1858)
  • Salmo trutta macrostigma (A. H. A. Duméril, 1858)
  • Salmo lapasseti Zill, 1858
  • Salmo trutta pellegrini Werner, 1931

Salmo macrostigma is a species of freshwater trout endemic to Northwest Africa, to Algeria in particular. It can reach a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL.

The name Salmo trutta macrostigma (or Salmo macrostigma) has previously been used of many populations also in other regions around the Mediterranean, but in recent years those have been split into separate local species.



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