Salvelinus jacuticus explained

Salvelinus jacuticus, commonly known as Yakutian char, is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family. It is endemic to the mountain lakes in the Lena Delta, Russia.^[1] It was reported that the population of the species declined due to overfishing and the rise of temperature in the arctic region.^[2]

Description

Yakutian char feed on the larvae and pupae of chironomid flies.^[3] The species may grow to a recorded length of 20cm (7.9 inches). The fish usually have a long dark grey body with orange spots on the sides. The species is benthopelagic, residing at or near the bottom of the lake.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Lisovski . Simeon . Runge . Alexandra . Shevtsova . Iuliia . Landgraf . Nele . Morgenstern . Anne . Okoth . Ronald Reagan . Fuchs . Matthias . Lashchinskiy . Nikolay . Stadie . Carl . Beamish . Alison . Herzschuh . Ulrike . Grosse . Guido . Heim . Birgit . A new habitat map of the Lena Delta in Arctic Siberia based on field and remote sensing datasets . Earth System Science Data Discussions . 24 February 2023 . 1–30 . 10.5194/essd-2023-36 . 14 December 2023 . English . free .
2. Гордеева . н. в. . Алексеев . с. с. . Кириллов . а. ф. . Романов . в. и. . Пичугин . м. ю. . Новые данные о распространении трёх филогенетических линий арктического гольца Salvelinus alpinus (Salmonidae) в областях их контакта на севере Восточной Сибири . Вопросы ихтиологии . 2021 . 61 . 5 . 545–552 . 10.31857/S0042875221050076 . 239749720 . 14 December 2023.
3. Lisovski . Simeon . Runge . Alexandra . Shevtsova . Iuliia . Landgraf . Nele . Morgenstern . Anne . Okoth . Ronald Reagan . Fuchs . Matthias . Lashchinskiy . Nikolay . Stadie . Carl . Beamish . Alison . Herzschuh . Ulrike . Grosse . Guido . Heim . Birgit . A new habitat map of the Lena Delta in Arctic Siberia based on field and remote sensing datasets . Earth System Science Data Discussions . 24 February 2023 . 1–30 . 10.5194/essd-2023-36 . 14 December 2023 . English . free .
4. News: K.E. . Marshall . The bibliography of the arctic charr salvelinus alpinus . 14 December 2023 . Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Winnipeg, Manitoba . 134 . April 1981.