taxonID	type	description	language	source
DF64D699269C5219A683631A89AB074B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Salmo baliki differs from the other species of trout recorded from the Euphrates and Tigris River drainages (S. euphrataeus, S. okumusi, S. munzuricus, S. fahrettini and S. tigridis) by having large and irregular-shaped red spots on its body (red spots larger than pupil, vs. smaller than pupil). Salmo baliki further differs from S. euphrataeus by the general body color silvery in live (vs. brownish), a shorter head in the male (length 24 - 27 % SL, vs. 27 - 31), a shorter maxilla in the male (length 8 - 9 % SL, vs. 10 - 11), and a shorter mouth gape (12 - 14 % SL in male, 11 - 12 in female, vs. 14 - 17 in male, 12 - 15 in female). Salmo baliki further differs from S. munzuricus by having fewer black spots in postorbital and suborbital areas (commonly 1, rarely 2, vs. 3 - 24); fewer black spots on the body (less than 30, vs. more than 80 in adult specimens), whose number does not increase with size (vs. number increasing with size); the black spots circular (vs. irregularly shaped); commonly plain or rarely two roundish red spots on posterior edge of the adipose-fin in male and female (vs. plain or the adipose-fin with a very narrow white margin, then a red submarginal band, then a white band or spots, then a red band again in males, Figures 3, 5), a smaller adipose-fin (8 - 9 % SL in male, 7 - 8 in female, vs. 9 - 12 in male, 8 - 10 in female) a deeper anal-fin in females (16 - 18 % SL, vs. 13 - 16), a greater anal-fin base (10 - 12 % SL, vs. 8 - 10), a longer median caudal-fin rays (14 - 16 % SL, vs. 11 - 14), a greater mouth gape in females (12 - 13 % SL, vs. 10 - 12), a deeper maxilla in females (maximum maxilla depth 3 - 4 % SL, vs. 2 - 3), a smaller distance between the adipose and caudal fins in males (15 - 16 % SL, vs. 16 - 18), and fewer lateral line scales (107 - 118, vs. 116 - 123). Salmo baliki further differs from S. okumusi by having one or two pale black spot in postorbital and suborbital area (vs. 1 - 22), fewer black spots on opercle (3 - 7, vs. 8 - 17), fewer black spots on the body in specimens smaller than 210 mm SL (less than 30, vs. more than 90), presence black spot on body in all size (vs. the body with black dots in specimens larger than about 230 mm SL), the shape of the black spots ocellated (vs. irregularly shaped), the black spots scatter on back and upper part of flank (vs. whole flank covered black spots or dots), no black spots on top head (vs. 5 - 18), one or two dark bands on posterior part of the flank (vs. four dark bands in specimens larger than about 230 mm SL), the parr marks vertically oblong (vs. vertically elongate), the shape of the black spots ocellated (vs. irregularly shaped), a more slender dorsal-fin in males (16 - 17 % SL, vs. 17 - 19), a shorter pectoral-fin in males (17 - 19 % SL, vs. 19 - 21), a smaller eye diameter (4 - 5 % SL in males, 4 - 6 in females; vs. 5 - 7 in males, 6 - 8 in females), a shorter maxilla in males (8 - 9 % SL, vs. 9 - 11) (see Figures 3, 6). Salmo baliki further differs from S. tigridis by having fewer scale rows between the dorsal-fin origin and the lateral line (24 - 28, vs. 32 - 35); fewer scale rows between the end of the adipose-fin base and the lateral line (13 - 15, vs. 19 - 20), a slenderer caudal peduncle depth (11 - 12 % SL, vs. 12 - 13). Salmo baliki further differs from S. fahrettini by having fewer black spots on its body (less than 30, vs. more than 80); the black spots scatter on back and upper part of flank (vs. scattered on back, middle and upper part of flank, and anterior part of lower half of flank), their number not increasing with size (vs. increasing with size), fewer red spots on body (fewer than 42 in adult specimens, vs. more than 70 in adult specimens), their number not increasing with size (vs. increasing with size). See Discussion for comparison with other trout in adjacent waters of Anatolia.	en	Turan, Davut, Aksu, Ismail, Oral, Muenevver, Kaya, Cueneyt, Baycelebi, Esra (2021): Contribution to the trout of Euphrates River, with description of a new species, and range extension of Salmo munzuricus (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 471-482, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.72181, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.72181
DF64D699269C5219A683631A89AB074B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after Dr. Sueleyman Balik (Turkey), taxonomist, in appreciation of his contributions to the freshwater fish fauna of Turkey.	en	Turan, Davut, Aksu, Ismail, Oral, Muenevver, Kaya, Cueneyt, Baycelebi, Esra (2021): Contribution to the trout of Euphrates River, with description of a new species, and range extension of Salmo munzuricus (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (2): 471-482, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.72181, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.72181
