marble trout
salmo marmoratus latin

The rivers are home to a growing number of Marble trout.

Some marble trout have red spots that merge with the rest of the pigment, always only along the lateral line.

The most obvious characteristic of marble trout is of course the marble pattern.

Marble trout is piscivorous, feed mainly on smaller fish and benthic invertebrates.

Marble trout (Salmo marmoratus) is a species of freshwater fish in the Salmonidae family.

All eight remaining genetically pure marble trout populations were found in remote streams of the River Soča basin.

The marble trout or marmorata (Salmo marmoratus) is an indigenous Slovenian fish.

Recent research suggests that S. dentex is phenotypically distinct yet genetically indistinct from marble trout of the lower Neretva.

Extensive breeding programmes have been introduced to repopulate the marble trout into lakes and streams invaded by non-indigenous species of trout.

In addition, genetic studies revealed that marble trout from Neretva is genetically indistinct from Salmo dentex.

The Isonzo/Soča is also well known for its unique trout species Salmo marmoratus (known as the marble trout), which lives in the upper course of the crystal-clear river.

Recent studies also imply that marble trout from the in Neretva river of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Zeta river in Montenegro are not closely related to Salmo marmoratus of Northern Adriatic.