Boganida char

Salvelinus boganidae

Fish Reaching Forty Six Point Five Centimeters in Asian Waters

Boganida char is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 46.5 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Salmons and Trout
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salvelinus
Maximum length: 46.5 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Asia: Endemic to the lakes and rivers of the Taimyr Peninsula, Russia. There are indications of an occurrence of this charr in some lakes of the Chukchee Peninsula which is beyond the limits of the originally identified range.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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