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Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758

Sea trout
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Kenya country information

Common names: Brown trout, Truite fario
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Introduced and well established and self-sustaining in a few selected streams on the Aberdare mountains and Mount Kenya (Ref. 52331), thus in the Athi-Galana-Sabaki drainage (Ref. 30558), and also in the Maron River on the Cherengani Hills (Ref. 52331). It was introduced on many occasions from U.K. for sport fishing since about 1910, but now largely replaced by Rainbow trout (Ref. 52331). Also Ref. 1739, 7306, 13337, 74657.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.recoscix.org/openscrn.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Seegers, L., L. De Vos and D.O. Okeyo, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Truite de mer, Trucha marina, Кумжа, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Salmo: Latin, salmo, Plinius = salmon (Ref. 45335);  trutta: trutta is a Latin name for trout (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά); Γλυκού νερού; Υφάλμυρο; ανάδρομο (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 0 - 28 m (Ref. 101587), usually 1 - 2 m (Ref. 101587).   Temperate; 18°C - 24°C (Ref. 12741); 71°N - 34°N, 25°W - 57°E

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