Salmo trutta (Brown Trout)

Salmo trutta (Brown Trout)

Family: Salmonidae (Salmonides)

Status: Introduced.

Size: In smaller rivers grows to 1.0 kg but is larger elsewhere.

Description: May range in colour from largely silver with relatively few spots and a white belly, to the more well-known brassy brown cast fading to creamy white on the fish's belly, with medium-sized spots surrounded by lighter halos. Adipose fin has a red tinge to the edge and a large mouth extending beyond the eye.

Location: Widely distributed across cool rivers streams and lakes in the CNM region.  Stocked into waterways and impoundments.

Salmo trutta is listed in the following regions:

Canberra & Southern Tablelands  |  Albury, Wodonga

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Species information

  • Salmo trutta Scientific name
  • Brown Trout Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 683.2m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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