Salmo taleri

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author2=Kottelat, M. |year=2008 |title=Salmo taleri |page=e.T135692A4184380 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135692A4184380.en}}

| genus = Salmo

| species = taleri

| authority = S. L. Karaman, 1933

}}

Salmo taleri, also known as the Zeta trout, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is found in the Upper Zeta river and Moraca drainage in Montenegro.

Description

The fish can reach a maximum recorded length of {{cvt|30|cm}}.{{cite journal |last1=Marić |first1=Ana |last2=Špelić |first2=Ivan |last3=Radočaj |first3=Tena |last4=Vidović |first4=Zoran |last5=Kanjuh |first5=Tamara |last6=Vilizzi |first6=Lorenzo |last7=Piria |first7=Marina |last8=Nikolić |first8=Vera |last9=Škraba Jurlina |first9=Dubravka |last10=Mrdak |first10=Danilo |last11=Simonović |first11=Predrag |title=Changing climate may mitigate the invasiveness risk of non-native salmonids in the Danube and Adriatic basins of the Balkan Peninsula (south-eastern Europe) |journal=NeoBiota |date=3 October 2022 |volume=76 |pages=135–161 |doi=10.3897/neobiota.76.82964 |doi-access=free |url=https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/82964/list/9/ |access-date=26 January 2024}} It lives near or at the bottom of the water body. There are quite a few black spots on the flank and side of head.{{cite journal |last1=Georgiev |first1=Simo |title=Study of Salmo genus (Pisces, Salmonidae) on the Balkan Peninsula |journal=Croatian Journal of Fisheries: Ribarstvo |date=30 March 2011 |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=11–20 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/67391 |access-date=26 January 2024 |language=en |issn=1330-061X}}

References