Salvelinus evasus
Species of fish
Salvelinus evasus | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Salvelinus |
Species: | S. evasus |
Binomial name | |
Salvelinus evasus (Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005) |
Salvelinus evasus, is a vulnerable deepwater char or trout living in the Ammersee lake in Bavaria, Southern Germany.[2]
This fish lives in the great depths of the lake, below 80 m. It can reach up to a foot in length, about 30 cm. Salvelinus evasus has a blunt snout and the mouth in subinferior position. Its flanks are silvery to yellowish, often with paler spots. Unlike other deepwater char species its lower fins have white margins.[3]
Deepwater char are highly sensitive to changes in the quality of the water and the similar Salvelinus neocomensis was driven to extinction by eutrophication in other European lakes.[4]
References
External links
- Revue Suisse de Zoologie - Salvelinus evasus[permanent dead link]
- Picture of Salvelinus evasus
- First assessment of the national conservation responsibility for freshwater lampreys and fishes in Germany[permanent dead link]
- Fisheries in Upper Bavaria, the Deepwater Char (in German)