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Salmonidae
charr
Salvelinus alpinus
Red spots larger than pupil along line
- Temperate
- Coastal
- Circumpolar Arctic
- Northern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Polar regions
- Fusiform
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Atlantic Ocean
East Asia
Fusiform
Largecharr is a migratory fish found around Europe and North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 107 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Salmons and Trout
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Salvelinus
- Maximum length
- 107 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Europe and North America: Circumpolar (Ref. 86798 ). Iceland, Scandinavia, northern Russia (absent in rivers draining to Baltic and White Seas), Jan Mayen, Spitzberg, Kolguev, Bear and New Zemblia islands, northern Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland; absent in the Alps (Ref. 59043 ). North America: coastal areas in Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific drainages from Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada to Alaska; south along Alantic Slope to Maine, USA (Ref. 86798 ). Landlocked populations in Quebec, Canada and in Maine and New Hampshire in USA (Ref. 7251 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
