Salvelinus colii

Cole's char
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Salmoniformes
Family:Salmonidae
Genus:Salvelinus
Species: S. colii
Binomial name
Salvelinus colii
(Günther, 1863)
Synonyms

Salvelinus colii, also called Cole's char,[4][5][6] Enniskillen char[7] or Trevelyan's char, is a cold-water species of char fish in the family Salmonidae.[8][9][10]

Salvelinus colii is currently located in Ireland, in several lakes[11] draining westward,[12] in County Clare, County Kerry, County Galway, County Mayo, County Donegal and County Westmeath.[13][1] Lough Ennell and Lough Conn are major sites.[14]

Taxonomy

Name

The English word "char[r]" is thought to derive from Old Irish ceara/cera meaning "[blood] red,"[15] referring to its pink-red underside.[16][17] This would also connect with its Welsh name torgoch, "red belly."[18]

Biology

Drawing of Salvelinus colii, 1877

Salvelinus colii spawns in November/December.[1] Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Salvelinus colii". www.iucnredlist.org.
  2. ↑ "Figure 13: Salvelinus scharffi, Scharff's charr (Regan 1911)". ResearchGate.
  3. ↑ "Figure 15: Salvelinus trevelyani, Trevelyan's charr (Regan 1908, 1911)". ResearchGate.
  4. ↑ Wallace, Alfred Russell (1 May 2007). "Island Life". Cosimo, Inc. – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Cole's Char (Salvelinus colii)". iNaturalist.org.
  6. ↑ "Ireland Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist". lntreasures.com.
  7. ↑ Couch, Jonathan (12 February 1877). "A History of the Fishes of the British Islands". G. Bell – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "the origin and history of british fauna". CUP Archive – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Salvelinus colii". www.itis.gov.
  10. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Salvelinus colii (Günther, 1863)". www.marinespecies.org.
  11. ↑ "the origin and history of british fauna". CUP Archive – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Kottelat, Maurice; Freyhof, Jörg (12 February 2018). "Handbook of European freshwater fishes". Publications Kottelat – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ "Irish Fisheries Investigations: Freshwater". Stationery Office; To be purchased from Government Publications Sale Office. 12 February 1966 – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ Stendall, J. A. Sidney; Kertland, Mary P. H. (12 February 1961). "The Irish Naturalists' Journal". I.N.J. Committee. – via Google Books.
  15. ↑ edil@qub.ac.uk. "eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary". edil.qub.ac.uk.
  16. ↑ Skeat, Walter W. (15 February 2013). "An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language". Courier Corporation – via Google Books.
  17. ↑ Various. "Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)". Library of Alexandria – via Google Books.
  18. ↑ Weekley, Ernest (5 March 2013). "An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English". Courier Corporation – via Google Books.
  19. ↑ "Salvelinus colii summary page". FishBase.
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