Salvelinus curilus
| Southern Dolly Varden | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Salvelinus |
| Species: | S. curilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvelinus curilus (Pallas, 1814) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Salvelinus malma krascheninnikova Taranetz, 1933 | |
Salvelinus curilus is a species of char, a type of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It inhabits the waters of Russian Far East in the Kurile Islands and Sakhalin, and also Korea and Japan. It has mostly been considered a subspecies of the Dolly Varden trout Salvelinus malma, with the name Salvelinus malma krascheninnikova, and referred to as the southern Dolly Varden or Asian southern form Dolly Varden trout.
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Salvelinus curilus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
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