Salvelinus vasiljevae explained

Salvelinus vasiljevae, commonly known as Sakhalinian char, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is found in the wider Sakhalin region from Nevelskoy Strait and the Amur river basin.

Description

Sakhalinian char can reach a recorded maximum length of 25.0 cm (9.8 inches).^[1] The fish is semi-anadromous, migrating up river to spawn in the middle of summer and autumn.^[2] The fish are omnivorous, feeding on fish, aerial and aquatic insects and their larvae, amphipods, on insectivorous mammals and mice.^[3] The species usually reside in rapid current and sandy or pebbled bottom in holes (up to 1.5-2 meters).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Osinov . Alexander G. . Volkov . Alexander A. . Mugue . Nikolai S. . Charrs of the genus Salvelinus (Salmonidae): hybridization, phylogeny and evolution . Hydrobiologia . 848 . 3 . 2021 . 0018-8158 . 10.1007/s10750-020-04478-6 . 705–726. 10.1101/817775.
2. Pichugin . M. Yu. . Gritsenko . O. F. . Osinov . A. G. . On morphological diversity of southern Dolly Varden trout Salvelinus malma krascheninnikovi from water bodies of Sakhalin . Journal of Ichthyology . 1 June 2008 . 48 . 5 . 367–390 . 10.1134/S0032945208050020 . 9 December 2023 . en . 1555-6425.
3. Nazarkin . Mikhail V. . Carnevale . Giorgio . Bannikov . Alexandre F. . A New Greenling (teleostei, Cottoidei) from the Miocene of Sakhalin Island, Russia . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 2013 . 33 . 4 . 794–803 . 9 December 2023 . 0272-4634.
4. Web site: Martynova . Kateryna V. . Zhang . Qi . Olmi . Massimo . Müller . Patrick . Perkovsky . Evgeny E. . Revision of the genus Dryinus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin (Myanmar) amber . Cretaceous Research . 9 December 2023 . 104217 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104217 . 1 February 2020.