Salvelinus kuznetzovi, commonly known as stone char, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is found in the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East.
| Salvelinus kuznetzovi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Salvelinus |
| Species: | S. kuznetzovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Salvelinus kuznetzovi Taranetz, 1933
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| Synonyms | |
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Salvelinus malma kuznetzovi (Taranetz, 1933) | |
Description edit
The fish lives near or in the bottom of the water body.[1] Little is known about their biology or habit.[2] The fish usually has an overall brown colour, with brownish-red spots on both sides of the body.[3]
References edit
- ^ Oleinik, A. G.; Skurikhina, L. A.; Kukhlevsky, A. D.; Bondar, E. I. (1 October 2017). "Genetic relationships of Chukchi charr Salvelinus andriashevi and Taranetz charr Salvelinus taranetzi". Russian Journal of Genetics. 53 (10): 1137–1145. doi:10.1134/S1022795417100076. ISSN 1608-3369. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Oleinik, A. G.; Skurikhina, L. A.; Kukhlevsky, A. D. (January 2019). "The Relationships of the Stone Charr Salvelinus malma kuznetzovi Taranetz, 1933 (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae) of the Kamchatka River Basin Inferred from DNA Sequence Data". Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 45 (1): 31–39. doi:10.1134/S1063074019010048. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ Balakirev, Evgeniy S.; Parensky, V. A.; Kovalev, M. Yu.; Ayala, Francisco J. (1 January 2016). "Complete mitochondrial genome of the stone char Salvelinus kuznetzovi (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 1 (1): 287–288. doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1166080. ISSN 2380-2359. PMC 7800091. Retrieved 9 January 2024.