Brown trout: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown trout lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Salmo trutta
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Salmoniformes
Family	Salmonidae

Where does the brown trout live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown trout in 17 countries and territories across Africa, Europe, North America and Oceania. In Australia, Italy it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the brown trout endangered?

The brown trout’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown trout?

The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a ray-finned fish in the order Salmoniformes and the family Salmonidae, genus Salmo. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown trout

The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a species of carnivorous ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the salmonid genus Salmo, endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally as a game fish, even becoming one of the world's worst invasive species outside of its native range.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown trout (revision 1381337937), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2857311 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).