Salvelinus leucomaenis
| Salvelinus leucomaenis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Salvelinus |
| Species: | S. leucomaenis |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvelinus leucomaenis (Pallas, 1814) | |
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S. l. imbrius D. S. Jordan & E. A. McGregor, 1925 | |
Salvelinus leucomaenis is a Japanese trout in the genus Salvelinus called iwana in Japanese and white-spotted char in English. Iwana is widely fished in Japan. Both landlocked and ocean run forms occur. The landlocked form grows up to 14 inches, and prefers low-temperature streams. The seagoing fish can grow over two feet long. The oldest reported specimen was nine years old.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Salvelinus leucomaenis" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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