{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |date=2019 |title=''Salmo platycephalus'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T19854A19849937 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19854A19849937.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Salmo | species = platycephalus | authority = Behnke, 1969 | synonyms = }}
'''''Salmo platycephalus''''', known as the '''flathead trout''',<ref name=FB>{{FishBase|Salmo|platycephalus}}</ref><ref name=Tarkan>Tarkan, AN et al. (2008) [http://www.springerlink.com/content/0432v23261406272/fulltext.pdf?page=1 Threatened fishes of the world: ''Salmo platycephalus'' Behnke, 1968 (Salmonidae)]{{dead link|date=February 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ''Environ. Biol. Fishes'' 81, 371-372.</ref> '''Ala balik'''<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name=FB/> or the '''Turkish trout''',<ref name=FB/> is a type of trout, a fish in the family Salmonidae. It is endemic to southeastern Turkey. It is known only from one population, which occupies three streams, tributaries of the Zamantı River in the Seyhan River basin.<ref name=Tarkan/> The population itself is abundant, but subject to threat by habitat loss, since the range is small. Also, predation of juveniles by introduced rainbow trout may cause population decline. The species is classified as critically endangered.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />
The flathead trout feeds on the abundant mayfly and caddis species present in the Zamanti River. Scuds, a small crustacean, also provide a nutrient rich source of food in the abundant vegetation found within the river.
Genetic evidence suggests that the flathead trout may indeed be derived from introduced brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') and thus not be a distinct species of its own. Nevertheless, it is a unique form which requires protection.<ref name=Tarkan/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Literature== * Behnke, R.J. 1968. A new subgenus and species of trout, ''Salmo (Platysalmo) platycephalus'', from south-central Turkey, with comments on the classification of the subfamily Salmoninae. Mitt. Hamburg Zool. Mus. Inst. 66: 1–15.
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platycehphalus Category:Fish described in 1969 Category:Fish of Turkey Category:Endemic fauna of Turkey Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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