Salvelinus colii

Cole's char
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Genus:	Salvelinus
Species:	S. colii
Binomial name
Salvelinus colii (Günther, 1863)
Synonyms
previous scientific names Salvelinus scharffi Regan, 1911 [2] Salvelinus trevelyaniRegan 1908, 1911 [3]

Salvelinus colii, also called Cole's char, ^{[4] [5]} Enniskillen char ^[6] or Trevelyan's char, is a cold-water species of char fish in the family Salmonidae. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Salvelinus colii is currently located in Ireland, in several lakes ^[10] draining westward, ^[11] in County Clare, County Kerry, County Galway, County Mayo, County Donegal and County Westmeath. ^{[12] [1]} Lough Ennell and Lough Conn are major sites. ^[13]

Taxonomy

Name

The English word "char[r]" is thought to derive from Old Irish ceara/cera meaning "[blood] red," ^[14] referring to its pink-red underside. ^{[15] [16]} This would also connect with its Welsh name torgoch, "red belly." ^[17]

Biology

Drawing of Salvelinus colii, 1877

Salvelinus colii spawns in November/December. ^[1] Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates. ^[18]

References

1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Salvelinus colii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 e.T135407A4125452. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135407A4125452.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Figure 13: Salvelinus scharffi, Scharff's charr (Regan 1911)". ResearchGate.
3. "Figure 15: Salvelinus trevelyani, Trevelyan's charr (Regan 1908, 1911)". ResearchGate.
4. Wallace, Alfred Russel (1 May 2007). Island Life. Cosimo, Inc. ISBN   978-1-60206-503-1 – via Google Books.
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6. Couch, Jonathan (12 February 1877). A History of the Fishes of the British Islands. G. Bell. p.  269 – via Internet Archive. Enniskillen Char.
7. "the origin and history of British fauna". CUP Archive. 1952 – via Google Books.
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9. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Salvelinus colii (Günther, 1863)". www.marinespecies.org.
10. "the origin and history of British fauna". CUP Archive. 1952 – via Google Books.
11. Kottelat, Maurice; Freyhof, Jörg (12 February 2018). Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat. ISBN   978-2-8399-0298-4 – via Google Books.
12. "Irish Fisheries Investigations: Freshwater". Stationery Office; To be purchased from Government Publications Sale Office. 12 February 1966 – via Google Books.
13. Stendall, J. A. Sidney; Kertland, Mary P. H. (12 February 1961). "The Irish Naturalists' Journal". I.N.J. Committee. – via Google Books.
14. "eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary". edil.qub.ac.uk.
15. Skeat, Walter W. (15 February 2013). An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Courier Corporation. ISBN   978-0-486-31765-6 – via Google Books.
16. Various. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D). Library of Alexandria. ISBN   978-1-4655-6288-3 – via Google Books.
17. Weekley, Ernest (5 March 2013). An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. Courier Corporation. ISBN   978-0-486-12287-8 – via Google Books.
18. "Salvelinus colii summary page". FishBase.