- Salvelinus
Taxobox
name = "Salvelinus"
fossil_range =Late Miocene - Recent [Sepkoski (2002)]
image_width = 260px
image_caption =Arctic char , "Salvelinus alpinus alpinus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
superclassis =Osteichthyes
classis =Actinopterygii
subclassis =Neopterygii
infraclassis =Teleostei
superordo =Protacanthopterygii
ordo =Salmoniformes
familia =Salmonidae
genus = "Salvelinus"
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = About 50, see textSalvelinus is a
genus of salmonidfish , often called char or charr; many of the fish called "trout s" 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 thelateral line . Pectoral, pelvic, anal, and lower aspect of caudalfin 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 andaquaculture . Occasionally such fish escape and becomeinvasive species .pecies
* "
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)Verify source|date=February 2008 (often included in "S. alpinus")
** "Salvelinus aureolus oquassa " –Sunapee trout ,Blueback char
* "Salvelinus boganidae " Berg, 1926 –Boganida char
* "Salvelinus colii " (Günther, 1863)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "Salvelinus confluentus " (Suckley, 1859)Verify source|date=February 2008 –Bull trout , "Dolly Varden " (historical use)
* "Salvelinus curilus " (Pallas, 1814)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "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)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "Salvelinus inframundus " Regan, 1909
* "Salvelinus jacuticus " Borisov, 1935 –Yakutian char
* "Salvelinus japonicus " –Kirikuchi char (sometimes included in "S. leucomaenis")
* "Salvelinus killinensis " (Günther, 1866)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "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)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "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)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "Salvelinus profundus " (Schillinger, 1901)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "Salvelinus scharffi " Regan, 1908
* "Salvelinus schmidti " Viktorovsky, 1978
* "Salvelinus struanensis " (Maitland, 1881)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "Salvelinus taimyricus " Mikhin, 1949
* "Salvelinus taranetzi " Kaganowsky, 1955
* "Salvelinus thingvallensis " (Saemundsson, 1909)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "Salvelinus tolmachoffi " Berg, 1926 –Esei lake char
* "Salvelinus trevelyani " Regan, 1908
* "Salvelinus umbla " (Linnaeus, 1758)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "Salvelinus vasiljevae " Safronov & Zvezdov, 2005 –Sakhalinian char
* "Salvelinus willoughbii " (Günther, 1862)Verify source|date=February 2008
* "Salvelinus youngeri " (riend, 1965Hybrids
*"Salvelinus alpinus × Salvelinus fontinalis" –
Alsatian char
*"Salvelinus namaycush × Salvelinus fontinalis" –Splake ,brookinaw
*"Salvelinus fontinalis × Salmo trutta" –Tiger trout References
* (2006): [http://fishbase.se/NomenClature/ValidNameList.cfm?criteria=SYNONYMS.SynGenus+%3D+%27Salvelinus%27++AND+SYNONYMS.SynSpecies+like+%27%25%25%27+&vtitle=Scientific+Names+where+genus+equals+%3Ci%3ESalvelinus%3C%2Fi%3E "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. [http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class HTML fulltext]External links
* [http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/fish/default.asp USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Fish Database]
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