Salmo cettii

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Salmo cettii.jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Salmo

| species = cettii

| authority = Rafinesque, 1810

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Salmo cettii, or the Mediterranean trout, is a species of trout, a freshwater fish in the family Salmonidae.{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.gr/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49461|title=Salmo cettii|publisher=Fishbase|accessdate=2009-03-31}} It lives in the Mediterranean region in Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and on the Italian mainland in the Magra drainage and further south. It is a nonmigratory fish which lives in streams and in karstic resurgences.Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/135528/0 Salmo cettii.] In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. Retrieved 5 May 2015. It is smaller than {{convert|40|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length. It is sometimes referred to Salmo trutta macrostigma, which depending on concept is either a more widespread Mediterranean taxon, or a taxon endemic to Algeria.

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