Salvelinus malma malma

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• Common Names
• Description
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• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Occurs in deep runs and pools of creeks and rivers ; also in lakes and the sea [1]. Lives in very clean mountain streams (Ref. 12218).

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,091 meters (0 to 13,422 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Diet

Young remain in streams for 3-4 years and feed on insects, leeches, snails, and salmon eggs [3] before entering brackish and salt water to feed on insects, fishes , and other invertebrates .

Migration

Typically anadromous , but many populations are landlocked[1]. Anadromous fish may spend 2-3 years at sea , evidently near shore , and migrate upstream to spawn [1].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Fario lordii< /i> (Günther • Salmo bairdii Suckley • Salmo lordii Günther • Salmo malma Walbaum • Salmo parkei Suckley • Salmo parkii Suckley • Salmo spectabilis Girard • Salmo tudes Cope • Salvelinus alpinus malma (Walbaum • Salvelinus bairdii (Suckley • Salvelinus fariopsis Kner • Salvelinus malma (Walbaum • Salvelinus malma krascheninnikov (non Taranetz • Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum • Salvelinus parkei (Suckley • Salvelinus spectabilis (Girard

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Misapplied Name : Salvelinus malma krascheninnikov. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: August 14, 1996.

Other common names : Russian: Belyi golets, French: Dolly Varden, Swedish: Dolly Varden, Alutiiq: Giigaq, Russian: Golets, Finnish: H&auml;rk&auml;nieri&auml;, Salish: K'wsech, Polish: Malma, Russian: Mal'ma, Danish: Malma&oslash;rred, French: Omble de fontaine, French: Omble du Pacifique, French: Omble malma, Japanese: Oshorokoma, Spanish: Salvelino, Portuguese: Salvelino-do-Pac&iacute;fico.

Family : Salmonids ;

Similar Species

Members of the genus Salvelinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 49 species and subspecies in this genus:

S. agassizi (Silver Trout) · S. agassizii (Silver Trout) · S. albus (White Char) · S. alpinus (Salt-Water Trout) · S. alpinus alpinus (Arctic Charr) · S. alpinus aureolus (Alpine Char) · S. alpinus erythrinus (Davatchan) · S. alpinus stagnalis (Alpine Char) · S. anaktuvukensis (Angayukaksurak Charr) · S. andriashevi (Chukot Char) · S. boganidae (Boganida Char) · S. colii (Cole's Charr) · S. confluentus (Bull Trout) · S. czerskii (Cherskii's Char) · S. drjagini (Dryanin's Char) · S. elgyticus (Small-Mouth Char) · S. elgyticusin (Small-Mouth Char) · S. fimbriatus (Coomasaharn Charr) · S. fontianlis (Asoka Barb) · S. fontinalis (Eastern Speckled Trout) · S. fontinalis fontinalis (Brook Trout) · S. fontinalis timagamiensis (Aurora Trout) · S. gracillimus (Shetland Charr) · S. grayi (Gray´s Charr) · S. inframundus (Orkney Charr) · S. jacuticus (Yakutian Char) · S. japonicus (Kirikuchi Char) · S. killinensis (East Siberian Char) · S. leucomaenis (East Siberian Char) · S. leucomaenis leucomaenis (East Siberian Char) · S. lonsdalii (Lonsdale's Charr) · S. mallochi (Redspotted Rocky Mountain Trout) · S. malma (Redspotted Rocky Mountain Trout) · S. malma krascheninnikova (Southern Dolly Varden) · S. malma malma (Bull Trout) · S. malma miyabei (Miyabe Charr) · S. maxillaris (Large-Mouthed Charr) · S. namaycush (American Lake Char) · S. neiva (Neiva) · S. obtusus (Blunt-Nosed Irish Charr) · S. perisii (Torgoch Charr) · S. profundus (Tiefseesaibling) · S. scharffi (Scharff's Charr) · S. sp. nov. 'Fjellfr?svatn' (Fjellfr?svatn Charr) · S. struanensis (Struan Charr) · S. tolmachoffi (Lake Yesei Char) · S. trevelyani (Trevelyan´s Charr) · S. vasiljevae (Sakhalinian Char) · S. willoughbii (Willoughby´s Charr)

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Further Reading

• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Berg, L.S. (1962). Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 1, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1948).
• Chyung, M.-K. (1977). The fishes of Korea. Il Ji Sa Publishing Co. Seoul, Korea. 727 p.
• Hart, J.L. (1973). Pacific fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Board Can. Bull. 180:1-740.
• Lamb, A. and P. Edgell (1986). Coastal fishes of the Pacific northwest. Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., B.C., Canada. 224 p.
• Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls.
• Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991). A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p.
• Pietsch, T.W., K. Amaoka, D.E. Stevenson, E.L. MacDonald, B.K. Urbain and J.A. L&amp;oacute;pez (2000). Freshwater fishes of the Kuril Islands and adjacent regions. International Kuril Island Project (IKIP), University of Washington Fish Collection, Washington,
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 27 providers.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2529888
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-54052
• Fishbase Species ID: 2691
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13598049
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 123675

Footnotes

1. Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr (1991). A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. [back]
2. Mean = 326.990 meters (1,072.802 feet), Standard Deviation = 625.020 based on 3,749 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman (1973). Freshwater fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 184:1-966. [back]

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