Salmo rhodanensis

Salmo rhodanensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Genus:	Salmo
Species:	S. rhodanensis
Binomial name
*Salmo rhodanensis* Fowler, 1974

Salmo rhodanensis, or the Rhône trout, is a salmonid fish, a putative species of trout resident in the Rhône river drainage in France and Switzerland. It was previously considered as belonging to Salmo trutta. Salmo rhodanensis is an exclusively freshwater fish, and is uniquely characterized by four broad black bars on its body: behind gill opening, under dorsal base, above anal fin origin, and at the base of the tail.

The species is currently threatened by hybridization with the actual Salmo trutta that has been introduced by stocking to the same drainage. Pure, non-introgressed populations of the Rhône trout are actually not known.

References

Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Salmo rhodanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 16 March 2016.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Salmo rhodanensis" in FishBase. April 2016 version.

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