Talk:Black Sea salmon
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Trout vs Salmon
[edit]The source that refers to this species "Black Sea salmon" is old. Most recent literature refers to Salmo labrax as the "Black Sea trout". This more closely aligns with the local name of the fish, and reflects actual usage.
There are ~64,500 google results for "Black Sea trout" and only 16,000 for "Black Sea salmon". Since 2020, only 100 academic articles have used the phrase "Black Sea salmon". 298 have used the phrase "Black Sea trout".
Additionally, saying it is "a species of salmon" and then linking to the "Salmo" page gives the incorrect impression that all members of the genus "Salmo" are salmon. Most are not.
The name of this article should be changed, and it should be altered to read:
The Black Sea trout (Salmo labrax), sometimes called the Black Sea salmon, is a fairly small species of the genus Salmo. It is at about 20 inches (510 mm) long on average, rarely reaching over 30 in (760 mm). Кеси (talk) 14:27, 19 May 2024 (UTC)