Alexander, Timothy;Seehausen, Ole
OverviewAI-generated
Salvelinus is a genus of fish within the family Salmonidae and the order Salmoniformes. It belongs to the class Teleostei and the phylum Chordata. The genus was described by Richardson in 1836 and holds an accepted taxonomic status. Its habitats include marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. The common name omble is associated with this group.
Records for Salvelinus have been documented in the United States and Russia. Institutional collections holding records include CUMV and UWFC. The genus has been the subject of 605,556 occurrence records and 12,216 observations. Additionally, 227 other encyclopedia articles reference this taxon.
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Species
omble
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSalmoniformes
- FamilySalmonidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 542
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Collections
- CUMV, UWFC
- Recorded in
- United States, Russia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- fish as food
- Parent taxon
- Salmoninae
- Image
- Röding, Iduns kokbok.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Salvelinus
- Commons category
- Salvelinus
- topic's main category
- Category:Salvelinus
- Commons gallery
- Salvelinus
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Article · Español
El género Salvelinus, unos peces marinos y de agua dulce de la familia salmónidos, distribuidos por todo el hemisferio norte. Su nombre procede del latín salmo, que es como llamaban en la antigua Roma a estos peces. La longitud máxima descrita se encuentra entre los 150 cm para S. namaycush y los apenas 15 cm de máximo para S. lonsdalii, Algunas especies son empleadas en acuicultura, siendo también buscada la especie para pesca comercial y pesca deportiva.
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