''Salvelinus evasus'', is a
vulnerable deepwater
char or trout living in the
Ammersee
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lake in
Bavaria
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, Southern
Germany
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.
This fish lives in the great depths of the lake, below 80 m. It can reach up to a foot in length, about 30 cm. ''Salvelinus evasus'' has a blunt snout and the mouth in subinferior position. Its flanks are silvery to yellowish, often with paler spots. Unlike other deepwater char species its lower fins have white margins.
Deepwater char are highly sensitive to changes in the quality of the water and the similar ''
Salvelinus neocomensis
''Salvelinus'' is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called " trout". ''Salvelinus'' is a member of the subfamily Salmoninae within the family Salmonidae. The genus has a northern circumpolar distribution, and ...
'' was driven to extinction by eutrophication in other European lakes.
References
External links
Revue Suisse de Zoologie - Salvelinus evasus*
First assessment of the national conservation responsibility for freshwater lampreys and fishes in Germany
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evasus
Ammersee
Cold water fish
Taxa named by Jörg Freyhof
Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat
Fish described in 2005