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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 ]
The origin of the name "char" or "charr" is unknown, but was perhaps from Celtic, such as the Irish word ceara meaning "fiery red" (found in some Celtic personal names), likely for the bright red belly of the Arctic char; or perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German schar meaning "flounder, dab"; or from Proto-Germanic *skardaz or *skeraną meaning "to cut or shear", possibly referring to its ...
The Sunapee trout (Salvelinus alpinus oquassa), also called blueback trout, Sunapee Golden trout, or Quebec red trout, is a putative subspecies of Arctic char native to northeastern New England in the United States, as well as Québec and New Brunswick in Canada, with introduced populations in Idaho.
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 ...
Arctic char; Metadata. This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma) Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Nelma (Stenodus nelma) Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
The term "sea trout" is also used to describe other anadromous salmonids, such as coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii), brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus alpinus) and Dolly Varden (Salvenlinus malma). [3]
Arctic char Fjällröding: Fresh water Native and common Not evaluated Salmonidae Salvelinus fontinalis: Brook trout Bäckröding: Fresh water Introduced Not evaluated Salmonidae Salvelinus namaycush: Lake trout Canadaröding: Fresh water Introduced Not evaluated Salmonidae Thymallus thymallus: Greyling Harr: Fresh and brackish water Native and ...