Cole's char | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Salvelinus |
Species: | S. colii
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Binomial name | |
Salvelinus colii (
Günther, 1863)
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Synonyms | |
Salvelinus colii, also called Cole's char, [4] [5] Enniskillen char [6] or Trevelyan's char, is a cold-water species of char fish in the family Salmonidae. [7] [8] [9]
Salvelinus colii is currently located in Ireland, in several lakes [10] draining westward, [11] in County Clare, County Kerry, County Galway, County Mayo, County Donegal and County Westmeath. [12] [1] Lough Ennell and Lough Conn are major sites. [13]
The English word "char[r]" is thought to derive from Old Irish ceara/cera meaning "[blood] red," [14] referring to its pink-red underside. [15] [16] This would also connect with its Welsh name torgoch, "red belly." [17]
Salvelinus colii spawns in November/December. [1] Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates. [18]
Enniskillen Char.
Cole's char | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Salvelinus |
Species: | S. colii
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Binomial name | |
Salvelinus colii (
Günther, 1863)
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Synonyms | |
Salvelinus colii, also called Cole's char, [4] [5] Enniskillen char [6] or Trevelyan's char, is a cold-water species of char fish in the family Salmonidae. [7] [8] [9]
Salvelinus colii is currently located in Ireland, in several lakes [10] draining westward, [11] in County Clare, County Kerry, County Galway, County Mayo, County Donegal and County Westmeath. [12] [1] Lough Ennell and Lough Conn are major sites. [13]
The English word "char[r]" is thought to derive from Old Irish ceara/cera meaning "[blood] red," [14] referring to its pink-red underside. [15] [16] This would also connect with its Welsh name torgoch, "red belly." [17]
Salvelinus colii spawns in November/December. [1] Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates. [18]
Enniskillen Char.