Salvelinus taimyricus, commonly known as the taimy char, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is found in the Lake Taymyr at the Taymyr Peninsula in arctic Russia.[1]

Salvelinus taimyricus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Salvelinus
Species:
S. taimyricus
Binomial name
Salvelinus taimyricus
Mikhin, 1949

Description edit

The species is purely lacustrine and do not go to the rivers.[2] The fish can reach a recorded maximum length of 49 cm (19.2 inches) and a weight of 1300 g, with an age of 13 years.[3]

The head of the fish is high, while the snout is blunt and the mouth is large. The lower jaw extends beyond the vertical of the posterior edge of the eye.[4] The lips are gray or orange, the back is gray-green, the sides are silvery-gray, and the belly is white. The paired and anal fins are red or gray. There are no or few round light orange spots on the sides. During spawning, the body and fins are brick-red.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Pospelova, Elena B.; Pospelov, Igor N.; Zhulidov, Alexander V.; Robarts, Richard D.; Zhulidova, Olga V.; Zhulidov, Daniel A.; Gurtovaya, Tatyana Yu. (October 2004). "Biogeography of the Byrranga Mountains, Taymyr Peninsula, Russian Arctic". Polar Record. 40 (4): 327–344. Bibcode:2004PoRec..40..327P. doi:10.1017/S0032247404003833. S2CID 128836409. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ^ Zhulidov, Alexander V.; Robarts, Richard D.; Pavlov, Dmitry F.; Kämäri, J.; Gurtovaya, Tatiana Yu.; Meriläinen, J. J.; Pospelov, Igor N. (1 October 2011). "Long-term changes of heavy metal and sulphur concentrations in ecosystems of the Taymyr Peninsula (Russian Federation) North of the Norilsk Industrial Complex". Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 181 (1): 539–553. Bibcode:2011EMnAs.181..539Z. doi:10.1007/s10661-010-1848-y. ISSN 1573-2959. PMID 21264683. S2CID 5658615. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ^ Phillips, Ruth B.; Pleyte, Kay A.; Ihssen, Peter E. (1989). "Patterns of Chromosomal Nucleolar Organizer Region (NOR) Variation in Fishes of the Genus Salvelinus". Copeia. 1989 (1): 47–53. doi:10.2307/1445604. ISSN 0045-8511. JSTOR 1445604. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ^ Young, A.L.; Tallman, R.F.; Ogle, D.H. (1 June 2021). "Life history variation in Arctic charr ( Salvelinus alpinus ) and the effects of diet and migration on the growth, condition, and body morphology of two Arctic charr populations in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada". Arctic Science. 7 (2): 436–453. doi:10.1139/as-2019-0036. ISSN 2368-7460.
  5. ^ Phillips, R.; Ihssen, P. E. (August 1985). "Chromosome banding in salmonid fish: nucleolar organizer regions in Salmo and Salvelinus". Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology. 27 (4): 433–440. doi:10.1139/g85-064. ISSN 0008-4093. PMID 4027775. Retrieved 13 January 2024.