Salvelinus

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Salvelinus is a genus of salmonid fish, often called char or charr; many of the fish called "trouts" also belong here. Charr may be identified by light cream pink or red spots over a darker body. 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 or cream 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 and aquaculture. Occasionally such fish escape and become invasive species.

Species

Salvelinus agassizi – Silver trout (extinct)
Salvelinus albus Glubokovsky, 1977 – White char
Salvelinus alpinus – Arctic char, "Dolly Varden" (historical use)

Salvelinus alpinus erythrinus (Georgi, 1775) – Davatchan

Salvelinus anaktuvukensis – Angayukaksurak char
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, "Dolly Varden" (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, Coaster trout, "speckled trout", "coaster"
Salvelinus gracillimus Regan, 1909
Salvelinus grayi (Günther, 1862)
Salvelinus inframundus Regan, 1909
Salvelinus jacuticus Borisov, 1935 – Yakutian char
Salvelinus japonicus – Kirikuchi char (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 (Pallas, 1814) – Whitespotted char
Salvelinus levanidovi Chereshnev, Skopets & Gudkov, 1989
Salvelinus lonsdalii Regan, 1909
Salvelinus mallochi Regan, 1909
Salvelinus malma – Dolly Varden trout (modern use)

Salvelinus malma krascheninnikova – Southern Dolly Varden
Salvelinus malma miyabei Oshima, 1938 – Miyabe char

Salvelinus maxillaris Regan, 1909
Salvelinus murta (Saemundsson, 1909)
Salvelinus namaycush – Lake 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 (riend, 1965

Hybrids

Salvelinus alpinus × Salvelinus fontinalis – Alsatian char
Salvelinus namaycush × Salvelinus fontinalis – Splake, brookinaw
Salvelinus fontinalis × Salmo trutta – Tiger trout

References

(2006): Salvelinus species Version of 2006-MAR-14. Retrieved 2008-FEB-01.
(2002): Osteichthyes. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletin of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML fulltext

External links

USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Fish Database

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