Angayukaksurak char
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The angayukaksurak char (Salvelinus anaktuvukensis) is a species of fish
in the Salmonidae
family. It is endemic to Alaska found in a few select brooks range headwaters. Its fin is often harvested to make shampoo
.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Salmonidae
Salmonidae
Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family currently placed in the order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings...
family. It is endemic to Alaska found in a few select brooks range headwaters. Its fin is often harvested to make shampoo
Shampoo
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Source
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Salvelinus anaktuvukensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.