Ferox trout
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| Species: | S. ferox
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| Salmo ferox Jardine, 1835
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Ferox trout (Salmo ferox) is a variety of trout found in oligotrophic lakes/lochs of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. Ferox trout is a traditional name for large, piscivorous trout, which in Scotland feed largely on Arctic char. It has been argued to be a distinct species, being reproductively isolated from "normal" brown trout (Salmo trutta) of the same lakes, particularly in Ireland.[2] However, it is uncertain whether the ferox of different lakes are all of a single origin.[2] This fish grows to a length of 80 centimetres (31 in) SL.[3]
Scottish authorities currently do not regard Scottish ferox to be taxonomically distinct from Salmo trutta.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/135577/0
- ^ a b Template:IUCN
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Salmo ferox". FishBase. June 2015 version.
- ^ Ferox trout The Scottish Government.
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