Salvelinus neocomensis
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Salvelinus neocomensis, is an extinct deepwater trout species only known from three specimens fished in Lake Neuchâtel in 1896, 1902 and 1904.[2]
This rare endemic trout lived in the great depths of the lake, below 80 m. It was only half a foot long, about 15 cm. It was said to have fins without white margins and yellowish flanks[3] which earned it the local name Jaunet. Research undertaken in 1950s and 2003 failed to find evidence of the survival of this species after the last reported specimen.
The Lake Constance Deepwater char (Salvelinus profundus) is a similar fish species driven recently to extinction in another lake.[4]
References
- ^ IUCN Red list
- ^ Maurice Kottelat: European Freshwater Fishes; Cornol 2007. ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4
- ^ Fishbase Salvelinus neocomensis
- ^ Red List - Volume 1: Vertebrates (2009) - General assessment for the vertebrate groups