Marble Trout Pattern In Other Fish

As you may already know one of our research area is studying the molecular background of marble pigment pattern formation in trout.

Marble trout pattern in other fish.

Marble trout feed mainly on other fish and invertebrates. Other rivers that are also inhabited with marble trout are. These large fish usually grow to about 30 70 cm in length and from 1 to 4 kg in mass with unique specimen weighing up to 6 5 kg. Adding to the confusion of salmonid taxonomy there are other trout with marble pattern beside salmo marmoratus.

If the marking on the gill cover is marbled in pattern then it is probably marble trout despite having an odd red mark on the body. Adriatic trout prefer to live in wide and deep rivers. Native in italy since the myst of times. Feb 6 2015 explore falconsledge1 s board marble trout followed by 222 people on pinterest.

See more ideas about trout fly fishing fish. The marble trout is found in only handful drainages and rivers of the adriatic basin in going from north to south italy slovenia croatia bosnia and herzegovina and montenegro while in albania the species is. The main focus of our study is marble trout and its spectacular pigmentation but in order to develop hypothesis about general mechanism of pigment pattern formation we are interested also in other fish that display similar marble labyrinthine like patterns. These fish are threatened due to excessive damming overfishing and hybridization with other species.

Silvery to olive green in color it is easily recognized by its distinctive brownish red pattern resembling that of marble. Salmo marmoratus marble trout is a species of freshwater fish in the family salmonidae it is characterized by a distinctive marbled color pattern and high growth capacity. The easiest way to distinguish between marble trout and marble trout brown trout hybrid is to take a look at gill cover. Vipava reka rizana rivers.