Salvelinus evasus

Species of fish

Salvelinus evasus
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ IUCN Red list
  2. ^ Maurice Kottelat: European Freshwater Fishes; Cornol 2007. ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4
  3. ^ Fishbase Salvelinus evasus
  4. ^ Red List - Volume 1: Vertebrates (2009) - General assessment for the vertebrate groups Archived 2013-06-23 at the Wayback Machine

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)
Taxon identifiers
Salvelinus evasus