Coregonus macrophthalmus Nüsslin 1882

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 421

Coregonus macrophthalmus Nüsslin 1882 => not established in Türkiye (see Çiçek et al., 2020) Coregonus wartmani ( Bloch, 1784) => not occurring in Türkiye (see Çiçek et al., 2020)

Salmoninae Jarocki/Schinz, 1822 (salmons, trouts, chars and allies)

Oncorhynchus mykiss ( Walbaum, 1792) [I] ― Rainbow trout/Gökkuşağı alabalığı

Taxonomy. Original description: Salmo mykiss Walbaum, 1792: 59 [Kamchatka, Russia; no types known]. ― Synonyms: Salmo gairdnerii Richardson, 1836 . ― Revisions: Berg (1948: 267) as Salmo mykiss ; Stearley and Smith (1993: 21) as Oncorhynchus mykiss mykiss . ― Illustration: Berg (1948: 268, fig. 155) as Salmo mykiss .

Status in Türkiye. Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004); Geldiay and Balık (2007); Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2020, 2022a). ― Turkish materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: This species is the main cultured fish in freshwater, in both cold spring waters and reservoirs. It cannot breed in wild water. Therefore, it can find itself around a fish farming facility because escapement is established in suitable habitats. ― Distribution in river basins: 1-Meriç-Ergene, 2-Marmara, 3-Susurluk, 4-Kuzey Ege, 5-Gediz, 6-Küçük Menderes, 7-Büyük Menderes, 8-Batı Akdeniz, 9- Antalya, 10- Burdur, 11-Akarçay, 12- Sakarya, 13-Batı Karadeniz, 14-Yeşilırmak, 15-Kızılırmak, 16- Konya, 17-Doğu Akdeniz, 18-Seyhan, 19-Asi, 20-Ceyhan, 21-Fırat-Dicle, 22-Doğu Karadeniz, 23-Çoruh, 24-Aras, 25- Van Lake. ― General distribution: North Pacific and adjacent basins; widelyintroducedelsewhere.― Distributioninecoregions: 418-Dniester - Lower Danube, 423-Thrace, 429-Western Anatolia, 430-Northern Anatolia, 431-Central Anatolia, 432-Southern Anatolia, 433-Western Transcaucasia, 434- Kura - South Caspian Drainages, 437-Orontes, 441-Lower Tigris and Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris and Euphrates, 444-Lake Van. ― Habitat: This species usually occurs in cold streams, rivers, and lakes, but it is also lives in saline water habitats. Freshwater, brackish, marine.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture/research.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Remarks. This species does not reproduce naturally in the wild. It may be locally present due to specimens escaping from fish farms.