Salvelinus albus

Salvelinus albus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Genus:	Salvelinus
Species:	S. albus
Binomial name
Salvelinus albus Glubokovsky, 1977 [1]

Salvelinus albus, also known as white charmander, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmonidae family. It is endemic to the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, including the Lake Kronotskoye drainage basin. ^[2]

Description

The species is found to depths of 50 m (164 feet) under water, and is occasionally observed in the shallow offshore zone. ^[3] The species are anadromous, as they will migrate up rivers from the sea for spawning. ^[4]

References

1. Glubokovsky, M.K. (1977). "Salvelinus albus sp. n. from the Basin of the Kamchatka River". The Soviet Journal of Marine Biology. 3 (4): 281-286. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
2. Oleinik, A. G.; Skurikhina, L. A.; Brykov, Vl. A. (1 March 2010). "Genetic divergence of mitochondrial DNA in white char Salvelinus albus and northern Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma malma" . Russian Journal of Genetics. 46 (3): 345–355. doi:10.1134/S1022795410030129. ISSN   1608-3369 . Retrieved 5 December 2023.
3. Zhivotovsky, L. A.; Shaikhaev, E. G.; Pavlov, S. D.; Pivovarov, E. A. (1 March 2016). "On the status and identity of the white char, Salvelinus albus Glubokovsky, 1977, from different habitats" . Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 42 (2): 193–195. doi:10.1134/S1063074016020140. ISSN   1608-3377 . Retrieved 5 December 2023.
4. Esin, Evgeny V.; Melnik, Nikolay O.; Markevich, Grigorii N. (October 2022). "Life‐history variation as a source of diversity for endemic white charr (Salmonidae) of the lower Kamchatka River" . Journal of Fish Biology. 101 (4): 914–924. doi:10.1111/jfb.15149. ISSN   0022-1112 . Retrieved 5 December 2023.