Identification of juvenile natural hybrids between Atlantic salmon (Salmo solar L.) and trout(Salmo trutta L.)

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Solomon, D. J., Child, A. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1978
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1978.tb04193.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8649.1978.tb04193.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1978.tb04193.x

The identification of two wild salmonid smolts, suspected to be hybrids between Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) and trout ( S trutta ) on morphological grounds, was confirmed by electrophoretic separation of serum proteins. A third, trout‐like, hybrid was identified in a sample of parr. Hybrids showed presence of both parent types of esterase, prealbumin and transferrin.