Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Salmoniformes: family
Salmonidae: genus
Salvelinus: species
Salvelinus alpinus

Name

Synonyms: Salmo alpinostagnalis Smitt, 1886; Salmo alpinus Linnaeus, 1758; Salmo alpinus var. nivalis Faber, 1829; Salmo ascanii Valenciennes, 1848; Salmo carbonarius Strøm, 1784; Salmo erythrinus Georgi, 1775; Salmo hybridus Smitt, 1886; Salmo laevis Walbaum, 1792; Salmo levis Mohr, 1786; Salmo marstoni Garman, 1893; Salmo nivalis Faber, 1829; Salmo oquassa Girard, 1854; Salmo palja Walbaum, 1792; Salmo punctatus Cuvier, 1829; Salmo rutilus Nilsson, 1832; Salmo salvelinostagnalis Smitt, 1886; Salmo stagnalis Fabricius, 1780; Salmo trutta laevis Walbaum, 1792; Salmo ventricosus Nilsson, 1832; Salvelinus alpinostagnalis (Smitt, 1886)
Homonyms: Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Akalukpik in Inuktitut; Alpine Char in English; Alpine Char, Arctic Char in English; Alpine char in English; Alpine char in English; Alpine char in English; Alpine char in English; Alpine char in English; Alpine char, Arctic char in English; Angmalook in Inuktitut; Aniaq in Inuktitut; Aopalayâk in Inuktitut; Aoparktulâyoq in Inuktitut; Arctic Char in English; Arctic Charr in English; Arctic char in English; Arctic char in English; Arctic char in English; Arctic char in English; Arctic char in English; Arctic char in English; Arctic charr in English; Arctic charr in English; Arctic charr in English; Arctic charr in English; Arctic charr in English; Arctic charr in English; Arctic charr in English; Arkticheskiy golets in Russian; Arktika paalia in Estonian; Arktisk roye in Norwegian; Arktisk roye in Norwegian; Aupalijaat in Inuktitut; Awanans in Cree; Barjaktarica in Serbian; Barjaktarica in Serbian; Beekridder in Dutch; Beekridder in Dutch; Bleikja in Faroese; Bleikja in Icelandic; Bleikja in Icelandic; Breeder in English; Breeder in English; Char in English; Char in English; Char in English; Charr in English; Charr in English; Charr in English; Davatchan in English

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