Salvelinus taimyricus explained

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]

Description

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]

Notes and References

  1. Pospelova . Elena B. . Pospelov . Igor N. . Zhulidov . Alexander V. . Robarts . Richard D. . Zhulidova . Olga V. . Zhulidov . Daniel A. . Gurtovaya . Tatyana Yu. . Biogeography of the Byrranga Mountains, Taymyr Peninsula, Russian Arctic . Polar Record . October 2004 . 40 . 4 . 327–344 . 10.1017/S0032247404003833 . 2004PoRec..40..327P . 128836409 . 13 January 2024.
  2. Zhulidov . Alexander V. . Robarts . Richard D. . Pavlov . Dmitry F. . Kämäri . J. . Gurtovaya . Tatiana Yu. . Meriläinen . J. J. . Pospelov . Igor N. . 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 . 1 October 2011 . 181 . 1 . 539–553 . 10.1007/s10661-010-1848-y . 21264683 . 2011EMnAs.181..539Z . 5658615 . 13 January 2024 . en . 1573-2959.
  3. Phillips . Ruth B. . Pleyte . Kay A. . Ihssen . Peter E. . Patterns of Chromosomal Nucleolar Organizer Region (NOR) Variation in Fishes of the Genus Salvelinus . Copeia . 1989 . 1989 . 1 . 47–53 . 10.2307/1445604 . 1445604 . 13 January 2024 . 0045-8511.
  4. Young . A.L. . Tallman . R.F. . Ogle . D.H. . 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 . 1 June 2021 . 7 . 2 . 436–453 . 10.1139/as-2019-0036 . en . 2368-7460. free .
  5. Phillips . R. . Ihssen . P. E. . Chromosome banding in salmonid fish: nucleolar organizer regions in Salmo and Salvelinus . Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology . August 1985 . 27 . 4 . 433–440 . 10.1139/g85-064 . 4027775 . 13 January 2024 . 0008-4093.

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