Brown Trout Taxidermy Mount for Sale SKU 1355

Description of Species

The brown trout is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. Scientific name: Salmo trutta Class: Actinopterygii Conservation status: Least Concern Encyclopedia of Life Found in: Lake Constance, Lake Tahoe, Caspian Sea, MORE Did you know: In small streams, brown trout are important predators of macroinvertebrates, and declining brown trout populations in these specific areas would affect the entire aquatic food web. Brown trout are carnivorous, bottom feeders and prefer to eat at dusk or night. The young feed on aquatic insects. Food is carried to them by the river or stream current. ... Most often, brown trout choose spawning sites with gravel bottoms and highly oxygenated water flow. The native range of brown trout extends from northern Norway and White Sea tributaries in Russia in the Arctic Ocean to the Atlas Mountains in North Africa. The western limit of their native range is Iceland in the north Atlantic, while the eastern limit is in Aral Sea tributaries in Afghanistan and Pakistan.