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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

Bibliographic References

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