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Arctic Char

Salvelinus alpinus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 22,685, February 16,755, March 26,251, April 41,300, May 59,547, June 64,932, July 69,482, August 59,754, September 43,870, October 32,746, November 17,894, December 13,985.
United States469,513
Alaska469,202
Canada83,933
Newfoundland and Labrador77,244
Northwest Territories849
Quebec707
New Brunswick193
Maine150
Ontario130
Yukon86

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSalmons, pikes and mudminnows · Salmoniformes
FamilySalmons, Trouts, and Whitefishes · Salmonidae
GenusChars · Salvelinus

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