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Salvelinus is a genus of salmonid fish often called char [3] or charr; some species are called "trout". Salvelinus is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae . The genus has a northern circumpolar distribution , and most of its members are typically cold-water fish that primarily inhabit fresh waters.
Arctic char is known to produce hybrids with its congeners, Salvelinus namaycush and Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout). [30] The sparctic char is the intrageneric hybrid between Arctic char and brook trout. [30] Sparctic char grows faster than either parent species, are stronger and healthier, and are thus popular for sports fisheries. [30]
Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, laker, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, it can also be variously known as siscowet, paperbelly and lean. The lake trout is prized both as a game fish and as a food fish. Those caught with dark coloration may be called mud hens. [3] [better source needed]
Salvelinus colii, also called Cole's char, [4] [5] Enniskillen char [6] or Trevelyan's char, is a cold-water species of char fish in the family Salmonidae. [7] [8] [9]Salvelinus colii is currently located in Ireland, in several lakes [10] draining westward, [11] in County Clare, County Kerry, County Galway, County Mayo, County Donegal and County Westmeath.
The Dolly Varden trout (Salvelinus malma) is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.Despite the name "trout" (which typically refers to freshwater species from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus), it belongs to the genus Salvelinus (chars), which includes 51 recognized species, the most prominent being the brook ...
Salvelinus leucomaenis, the whitespotted char, is an East Asian trout in the genus Salvelinus, called iwana in Japanese and kundzha (кунджа) in Russian. Both landlocked and ocean-run forms occur. The landlocked form typically grows up to 35 cm (1 ft 2 in), and prefers low-temperature streams. The seagoing fish typically grows to 70 cm (28 ...
Salvelinus willughbii, also known as the Windermere charr or Willoughby's charr, is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae. Its binomial species name commemorates Francis Willughby. [2] They are remnants from the end of the last ice-age, landlocked and isolated in various lakes within Cumbria, England. [3]
Salvelinus umbla, also known as lake char, is a species of char found in certain lakes of the region of the Alps in Europe. [ 2 ] This char species usually inhabits the deeper waters of the lakes, feeding on crustaceans, insects and benthic fauna.