Salvelinus umbla
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Salvelinus umbla juvenile | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Salvelinus |
Species: | S. umbla
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Binomial name | |
Salvelinus umbla (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Synonyms | |
Salmo umbla Linnaeus, 1758 |
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
spawning season.[3]
Distribution
This char species lives in
glacial valley lakes of central Europe, between France and Austria and between Germany and Northern Italy. It has been introduced in high altitude lakes
as well.
Although it is assessed as a
locally extinct in lakes such as Mondsee and other char species, such as Salvelinus profundus, were driven to extinction in the same period. Currently, however, most lake char populations are gradually recovering.[4]
The name Salvelinus umbla has also been used in
Salvelinus alpinus).[5] These populations are not thought to be related to the Central European populations, rather storröding from Lake Sommen and Lake Vättern are closely related to the char of Lake Ladoga in Russia.[6]
References
- ^ IUCN Red list
- ^ Salvelinus umbla - FishBase
- ^ EOL - Salvelinus umbla - Lake Char
- ^ The German Federal Nature Conservation Agency (BfN): Red List - Volume 1: Vertebrates (2009) - General assessment for the vertebrate groups Archived 2013-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Svensson M et al. (2010) Fiskar - Fishes - Pisces Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine In Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010 (Swedish Red List 2010), 323-332
- PMID 24754706.
External links
- Media related to Salvelinus umbla at Wikimedia Commons