Trout you’ve never heard of

[jjohnwm]

Hard to see on the first pic but the soft mouth trout has a bizarre mouth more akin to whitefish or grayling
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As an admirer of this family, I never thought I would say this...but that is one butt-ugly fish...

 

[TwoHedWlf]

Hard to see on the first pic but the soft mouth trout has a bizarre mouth more akin to whitefish or grayling
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He's surprisingly cute.

 

[latapy10]

The title is a bit misleading since most of these are char, but I think it’s ok since many of the popular “trout” in North America are char (brook trout, lake trout, bull trout).

Huchen (Hucho Hucho)
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Kundzha - white spotted char
(salvelinus leucaenis articus)

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Deep water char (salvelinus profundus)
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I believe that most of these are rarely talked about because of language barriers.

Huchen (Hucho Hucho) is closer to salmon.It is also as danube salmon named.

 

[latapy10]

Huchen (Hucho Hucho) is closer to salmon.It is also as danube salmon named.

In our rivers it is top predator.Huchen eats barbels and other fishes....But it is endangered species and quite rare.

 

[Tmannan]

RAIAMAS GUTTATUS / Burmese trout

 

[jjohnwm]

RAIAMAS GUTTATUS / Burmese trout

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According to the internet...which is, of course, never wrong...that is a Cyprinid. Doesn't have an adipose fin, doesn't even resemble an actual trout.

It's about as much a trout as a Red-tailed Black Shark is a shark.