Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 10,819
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a species of carnivorous ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the salmonid genus Salmo, endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally as a game fish, even becoming one of the world's worst invasive species outside of its native range. Brown trout are highly adaptable and have evolved numerous ecotypes/subspecies. These include three main ecotypes: a riverine ecotype S.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Brown trout”.