Ohrid trout
(Salmo letnica)

The Ohrid trout is an endemic species in the Balkans and in Europe. It is the closest descendant of the species that lived in that area in the Tertiary period. It always lives in the waters of the Ohrid Lake. The Ohrid trout has a flat body, a small head and starry grey spots on the body. Its maximum length is up to 1 m cm and weighs up to 15.8 kg.

It spends the day in the water depths and in places far from the coast. It emerges on the water surface at night when it catches flies. Sometimes it comes to the shore in shallow waters, searching for food from underwater plants.

It spawns from March to May.