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Salvelinus fontinalis, Brook trout : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish, aquarium

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Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814)

Brook trout
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Denmark country information

Common names: Kildeørred
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Vulnerable. Unwanted. Introduced from North America in late 19th century (Ref. 9946). Self-reproducing stocks in Kolding Å, Gudenå (several stocks), Villestrup Å, Lindenborg Å, Storå, Skjern Å, Halkjær Å, Sneum Å and Ribe Å (Ref. 9945).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/da.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Welcomme, R.L., 1988
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Common names from other countries

Saumon de fontaine, Trucha de arroyo, Aurora trout, ... more

Classification / Names ຊື່ສາມັນ | ຄຳສັບຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | Catalog of Fishes(ຕະກຸນ, ຊະນິດ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Salvelinus: Old name for char; it is the same root of german "saibling" = little salmon (Ref. 45335); fontinalis: fontinalis meaning living in springs (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Mitchill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range ນິເວດວິທະຍາ

ສັດທະເລ; ນ້ຳຈືດ; ນ້ຳກ່ອຍ ກ່ຽວກັບ (ຢູ່)ເທິງຊັ້ນພື້ນດິນໃນທະເລເປີດ; ປາທີ່ມີການເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍຈາກທະເລ ແລະ ໄປໄຂ່ຢູ່ນ້ຳຈືດ (Ref. 120291); ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ 15 - 27 m (Ref. 3899).   Temperate; 0°C - 25°C (Ref. 35682); 61°N - 34°N, 124°W - 52°W (Ref. 86798)

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