Salvelinus

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Salvelinus

Salvelinus is a genus

Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of salmonid

Salmonidae

Salmonidae is a Family of ray-finned fish, the only living family of the Order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, Salvelinus, freshwater whitefishes and grayling ....
fish

Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
often called char or charr; some species are called "trout

Trout

Trout are a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family. Salmon belong to some of the same genera as trout but, unlike most trout, most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water....
". Salvelinus is a member of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae

Salmonidae

Salmonidae is a Family of ray-finned fish, the only living family of the Order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, Salvelinus, freshwater whitefishes and grayling ....
family. Charr may be identified by light cream pink or red spots over a darker body. Scales tend to be small, with 115-200 along the lateral line

Lateral line

In aquatic organisms , the lateral line is a sense organ used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water. Lateral lines are usually visible as faint lines running lengthwise down each side, from the vicinity of the Operculum s to the base of the tail....
. Pectoral, pelvic, anal, and lower aspect of caudal fin

Fin

A fin is a surface used to produce lift and thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media. The first use of the word was for Fish anatomy#Fins of fish, but has been extended to include other animal limbs and man-made devices....
are trimmed in snow white or cream leading edges.

Many members of this genus are popular sports fish, and a few, such as the lake trout

Lake trout

Lake trout is a freshwater Salvelinus living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, lake char , touladi, togue, and grey trout....
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Salvelinus is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of salmonid
Salmonidae

Salmonidae is a Family of ray-finned fish, the only living family of the Order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, Salvelinus, freshwater whitefishes and grayling ....
fish
Fish

A fish is any marine biology vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scale , and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins....
often called char or charr; some species are called "trout
Trout

Trout are a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family. Salmon belong to some of the same genera as trout but, unlike most trout, most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water....
". Salvelinus is a member of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae
Salmonidae

Salmonidae is a Family of ray-finned fish, the only living family of the Order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, Salvelinus, freshwater whitefishes and grayling ....
family. Charr may be identified by light cream pink or red spots over a darker body. Scales tend to be small, with 115-200 along the lateral line
Lateral line

In aquatic organisms , the lateral line is a sense organ used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water. Lateral lines are usually visible as faint lines running lengthwise down each side, from the vicinity of the Operculum s to the base of the tail....
. Pectoral, pelvic, anal, and lower aspect of caudal fin
Fin

A fin is a surface used to produce lift and thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media. The first use of the word was for Fish anatomy#Fins of fish, but has been extended to include other animal limbs and man-made devices....
are trimmed in snow white or cream leading edges.

Many members of this genus are popular sports fish, and a few, such as the lake trout
Lake trout

Lake trout is a freshwater Salvelinus living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, lake char , touladi, togue, and grey trout....
(S. namaycush), are the object of commercial fisheries and aquaculture
Aquaculture

Aquaculture is the farming of freshwater and saltwater organisms including molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Unlike fishing, aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, implies the cultivation of aquatic populations under controlled conditions....
. Occasionally such fish escape and become invasive species
Invasive species

Invasive species is a phrase with several definitions. The first definition expresses the phrase in terms of non-indigenous species that adversely affect the habitats they invade economically, environmentally or ecologically....
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Species

Salvelinus agassizi – Silver trout
Silver trout

The silver trout is an extinct trout species last seen in Dublin Pond, New Hampshire, in 1930, in a catch of six. The only properly confirmed occurrence of the fish was also in Dublin Pond....
(extinct)
Salvelinus albus Glubokovsky, 1977 – White char
Salvelinus alpinus
Arctic char

Arctic char or Arctic charr is both a freshwater and Seawater fish in the Salmonidae family, native to Arctic, subarctic and alpine lakes and coastal waters....
– Arctic char, "Dolly Varden
Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden may refer to:* Dolly Varden , a musical group from Chicago, Illinois* Dolly Varden , a character in the novel Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens...
" (historical use)
Salvelinus alpinus erythrinus (Georgi, 1775) – Davatchan
Salvelinus anaktuvukensis – Angayukaksurak char
Angayukaksurak char

The angayukaksurak char is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family. It is Endemism to Alaska found in a few select brooks range headwaters]....
Salvelinus andriashevi Berg, 1948 – Chukot char
Salvelinus aureolus (Bean 1887) (often included in S. alpinus)
Salvelinus aureolus oquassa – Sunapee trout, Blueback char
Salvelinus boganidae Berg, 1926 – Boganida char
Salvelinus colii (Günther, 1863)
Salvelinus confluentus (Suckley, 1859) – Bull trout
Bull trout

The bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, is a Salvelinus of the family Salmonidae. It is most commonly found in the high mountains of western North America, ranging from the Yukon to northern Nevada....
, "Dolly Varden
Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden may refer to:* Dolly Varden , a musical group from Chicago, Illinois* Dolly Varden , a character in the novel Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens...
" (historical use)
Salvelinus curilus (Pallas, 1814)
Salvelinus czerskii Drjagin, 1932 – Cherskii's char
Salvelinus drjagini Logashev, 1940 – Dryanin's char
Salvelinus elgyticus Viktorovsky & Glubokovsky, 1981 – Small-mouth char
Salvelinus evasus Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005
Salvelinus fimbriatus Regan, 1908
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brook trout

The brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family of order Salmoniformes. In many parts of its range, it is known as the speckled trout or squaretail....
– Brook trout
Brook trout

The brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family of order Salmoniformes. In many parts of its range, it is known as the speckled trout or squaretail....
, coaster trout, speckled trout
Salvelinus gracillimus Regan, 1909
Salvelinus grayi (Günther, 1862)
Salvelinus inframundus Regan, 1909
Salvelinus jacuticus Borisov, 1935 – Yakutian char
Salvelinus japonicus – Kirikuchi char
Kirikuchi char

The kirikuchi char, Salvelinus japonicus, is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family. It is Endemism to Japan....
(sometimes included in S. leucomaenis)
Salvelinus killinensis (Günther, 1866)
Salvelinus krogiusae Glubokovsky, Frolov, Efremov, Ribnikova & Katugin, 1993
Salvelinus kronocius Viktorovsky, 1978

* Salvelinus kuznetzovi Taranetz, 1933
Salvelinus leucomaenis
Salvelinus leucomaenis

Salvelinus leucomaenis is a Japanese trout in the genus of Salvelinus called Iwana in Japanese and whitespotted char in English. Iwana is widely fished in Japan....
(Pallas, 1814) – Whitespotted char
Salvelinus levanidovi Chereshnev, Skopets & Gudkov, 1989
Salvelinus lonsdalii Regan, 1909
Salvelinus mallochi Regan, 1909
Salvelinus malma – Dolly Varden trout
Dolly Varden trout

The Dolly Varden trout, Salvelinus malma malma, is a subspecies of anadromous fish in the salmon family , and is technically a Salvelinus. Although many of the fish are anadromous, the fish also exists in landlocked waterways in the northwest United States....
(modern use)
Salvelinus malma krascheninnikova – Southern Dolly Varden
Southern Dolly Varden

The Southern Dolly Varden is a subspecies of anadromous fish in the salmon family ....
Salvelinus malma miyabei Oshima, 1938 – Miyabe char
Salvelinus maxillaris Regan, 1909
Salvelinus murta (Saemundsson, 1909)
Salvelinus namaycush – Lake trout
Lake trout

Lake trout is a freshwater Salvelinus living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, lake char , touladi, togue, and grey trout....
, Lake char, Touladi, Togue, Grey trout, Siscowet, Paperbelly, "mackinaw", "lean"
Salvelinus neiva Taranetz, 1933 – Neiva
Salvelinus neocomensis Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005

* Salvelinus obtusus Regan, 1908
Salvelinus perisii (Günther, 1865)
Salvelinus profundus (Schillinger, 1901)
Salvelinus scharffi Regan, 1908
Salvelinus schmidti Viktorovsky, 1978
Salvelinus struanensis (Maitland, 1881)
Salvelinus taimyricus Mikhin, 1949
Salvelinus taranetzi Kaganowsky, 1955
Salvelinus thingvallensis (Saemundsson, 1909)
Salvelinus tolmachoffi Berg, 1926 – Esei lake char
Salvelinus trevelyani Regan, 1908
Salvelinus umbla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salvelinus vasiljevae Safronov & Zvezdov, 2005 – Sakhalinian char
Salvelinus willoughbii (Günther, 1862)
Salvelinus youngeri (Friend, 1965)

Hybrids

Salvelinus alpinus × Salvelinus fontinalis – Alsatian char
Salvelinus namaycush × Salvelinus fontinalis – Splake
Splake

The splake is a hybrid of two fish species resulting from the crossing of a male brook trout and a female lake trout . The name itself is a hybrid between 'SP'eckled trout and 'LAKE' trout, and may have been used to describe such hybrids as early as the 1880s ....
, brookinaw
Salvelinus fontinalis × Salmo trutta
Brown trout

The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species.They are distinguished chiefly by the fact that the brown trout is largely a fresh water fish, while the sea trout shows anadromous reproduction, migrating to the oceans for much of its life and returning to freshwater only to Spawn ....
– Tiger trout
Tiger trout

The tiger trout is a sterile, intergeneric hybrid of the brown trout and the brook trout . The name derives from the pronounced vermiculations, evoking the stripes of a tiger....

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