Salmo macrostigma
Species of fish
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Salmo macrostigma, known as Algerian trout, is a species of freshwater trout endemic to Algeria in northwest Africa.[3][4] It can reach a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL.[3]
| Salmo macrostigma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Salmo |
| Species: | S. macrostigma |
| Binomial name | |
| Salmo macrostigma (A. H. A. Duméril, 1858) | |
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The name Salmo trutta macrostigma (or Salmo macrostigma) has previously been used of many populations also in other regions around the Mediterranean, but in recent years those have been split into separate local species.[3][4][1]
