Salvelinus

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Salvelinus - Char
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Subfamily: Salmoninae
Genus: Salvelinus
Species
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Salvelinus is a genus of Salmonid fish, referring to char or charr. Many fish called trout are members of this genus. Members of this genus may be identified by light spots over a darker body, spots light cream pink or red in color. Scales tend to be small, with 115-200 along lateral line. Pectoral, pelvic, anal, and lower aspect of caudal fin are trimmed in snow white leading edges. Many members of this genus are popular sports fish, and a few such as the Lake trout, S. namaycush, are the object of commercial fisheries.

[edit] Species

  • S. agassizi (Garman, 1885) - Silver trout
  • S. albus (Glubokovsky, 1977) - White char
  • S. alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Arctic char
  • S. anaktuvukensis (Morrow, 1973) - Angayukaksurak char
  • S. andriashevi (Berg, 1948) - Chukot char
  • S. aureolus oquassa (Bean 1887) Sunapee trout, Blueback char,
  • S. boganidae (Berg, 1926) - Boganida char
  • S. colii (Günther, 1863)
  • S. confluentus (Suckley, 1859) - Bull trout
  • S. czerskii (Drjagin, 1932) - Cherskii's char
  • S. drjagini (Logashev, 1940) - Dryanin's char
  • S. elgyticus (Viktorovsky & Glubokovsky, 1981) - Small-mouth char
  • S. fimbriatus (Regan, 1908)
  • S. fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) - Brook trout
  • S. gracillimus (Regan, 1909)
  • S. grayi (Günther, 1862)
  • S. inframundus (Regan, 1909)
  • S. jacuticus (Borisov, 1935) - Yakutian char
  • S. japonicus (Oshima, 1961)
  • S. killinensis (Günther, 1866)
  • S. leucomaenis (Pallas, 1814) - Whitespotted char
  • S. levanidovi (Chereshnev, Skopets & Gudkov, 1989)
  • S. lonsdalii (Regan, 1909)
  • S. mallochi (Regan, 1909)
  • S. malma krascheninnikova (Taranetz, 1933) - Southern Dolly Varden
  • S. malma malma (Walbaum, 1792) - Dolly Varden
  • S. maxillaris (Regan, 1909)
  • S. murta (Saemundsson, 1909)
  • S. namaycush (Walbaum, 1792) - Lake trout
  • S. neiva (Taranetz, 1933) - Neiva
  • S. obtusus (Regan, 1908)
  • S. perisii (Günther, 1865)
  • S. profundus (Schillinger, 1901)
  • S. scharffi (Regan, 1908)
  • S. struanensis (Maitland, 1881)
  • S. thingvallensis (Saemundsson, 1909)
  • S. tolmachoffi (Berg, 1926) - Esei lake char
  • S. trevelyani (Regan, 1908)
  • S. umbla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • S. vasiljevae (Safronov & Zvezdov, 2005)
  • S. willoughbii (Günther, 1862)
  • S. youngeri (Friend, 1965)
  • S. alpinus X S. fontinalis
  • S. namaycush X S. fontinalis - Splake

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