Salvelinus colii
Appearance
Cole's char | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Salvelinus |
Species: | S. colii
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Binomial name | |
Salvelinus colii (Günther, 1863)
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Synonyms | |
Salvelinus colii, also called Cole's char,[4][5][6] Enniskillen char[7] or Trevelyan's char, is a cold-water species of char fish in the family Salmonidae.[8][9][10]
Salvelinus colii is currently located in Ireland, in several lakes[11] draining westward,[12] in County Clare, County Kerry, County Galway, County Mayo, County Donegal and County Westmeath.[13][1] Lough Ennell and Lough Conn are major sites.[14]
Taxonomy
Name
The English word "char[r]" is thought to derive from Old Irish ceara/cera meaning "[blood] red,"[15] referring to its pink-red underside.[16][17] This would also connect with its Welsh name torgoch, "red belly."[18]
Biology
Salvelinus colii spawns in November/December.[1] Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates.[19]
References
- ^ a b c "Salvelinus colii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ "Figure 13: Salvelinus scharffi, Scharff's charr (Regan 1911)". ResearchGate.
- ^ "Figure 15: Salvelinus trevelyani, Trevelyan's charr (Regan 1908, 1911)". ResearchGate.
- ^ Wallace, Alfred Russel (1 May 2007). "Island Life". Cosimo, Inc. – via Google Books.
- ^ "Cole's Char (Salvelinus colii)". iNaturalist.org.
- ^ "Ireland Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist". lntreasures.com.
- ^ Couch, Jonathan (12 February 1877). A History of the Fishes of the British Islands. G. Bell. p. 269 – via Internet Archive.
Enniskillen Char.
- ^ "the origin and history of British fauna". CUP Archive – via Google Books.
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Salvelinus colii". www.itis.gov.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Salvelinus colii (Günther, 1863)". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ "the origin and history of British fauna". CUP Archive – via Google Books.
- ^ Kottelat, Maurice; Freyhof, Jörg (12 February 2018). "Handbook of European freshwater fishes". Publications Kottelat – via Google Books.
- ^ "Irish Fisheries Investigations: Freshwater". Stationery Office; To be purchased from Government Publications Sale Office. 12 February 1966 – via Google Books.
- ^ Stendall, J. A. Sidney; Kertland, Mary P. H. (12 February 1961). "The Irish Naturalists' Journal". I.N.J. Committee. – via Google Books.
- ^ edil@qub.ac.uk. "eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary". edil.qub.ac.uk.
- ^ Skeat, Walter W. (15 February 2013). "An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language". Courier Corporation – via Google Books.
- ^ Various. "Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)". Library of Alexandria – via Google Books.
- ^ Weekley, Ernest (5 March 2013). "An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English". Courier Corporation – via Google Books.
- ^ "Salvelinus colii summary page". FishBase.
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