Overview
Family : Salmonids ;
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Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Kirikuchi char
Common Names in Japanese:
Iwana, Kirikuchi char
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
日本紅點鮭, 日本红点鲑
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Salmoniformes
()
- Suborder:
Salmonoidei
()
-
- Family:
Salmonidae
()
-
- Subfamily:
Salmoninae
()
- Genus:
Salvelinus
()
- Richardson, 1836
- Specific name:
japonicus
- Oshima, 1961
- Scientific name: - Salvelinus japonicus Oshima, 1961
- Specific name:
japonicus
- Oshima, 1961
- Genus:
Salvelinus
(
- Subfamily:
Salmoninae
(
- Family:
Salmonidae
(
- Suborder:
Salmonoidei
(
- Order:
Salmoniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Salvelinus leucomaensis japonicus Oshima
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Considered a synonym of Salvelinus leucomaenis (Ref.
12965).
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
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Heemstra, Phillip C. (from FishBase).
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Kottelat, M. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Kottelat, M. 1996. Salvelinus japonicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 137832
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-33945
- Fishbase Species ID: 10449
- IUCN ID: 240501
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8671
Footnotes
- Kottelat, M. 1996. Salvelinus japonicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
