Salvelinus czerskii, also known as Cherskii's char, is a freshwater species of fish of the genus salvelinus found in the Indigirka and Chukochya river basins in Arctic Russia.[1][2]
| Salvelinus czerskii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Salvelinus |
| Species: | S. czerskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Salvelinus czerskii Dryagin, 1932
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Description
editThe Cherskii's char can grow to a recorded maximum length of 75 cm (29.5 inches).[3] The species is benthopelagic, residing at or near the bottom of the river. The species breed between August and September, laying eggs on muddy ground and shallow shores.[4]
The fish has low caudal stalk and strongly notched caudal fin. There are few light or pinkish spots on both sides mainly located along the lateral line.[5] During the breeding season, the spots on the sides turn red, and the throat and lower jaw turn yellow. The paired and anal fins are bright red, and their outer rays are white.[6]
References
edit- ^ AKIRA, GOTO. "Diversity and conservation of the northern Far East Asian freshwater fishes, with a case study on freshwater sculpins". Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Datsky, A. V. (March 2015). "Fish fauna of the Chukchi Sea and perspectives of its commercial use". Journal of Ichthyology. 55 (2): 185–209. doi:10.1134/S0032945215020022. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Dyldin, Yury V.; Hanel, Lubomir; Fricke, Ronald; Orlov, Alexei M.; Romanov, Vladimir I.; Plesnik, Jan; Interesova, Elena A.; Vorobiev, Danil S.; Kochetkova, Maria O. (2020). "Fish diversity in freshwater and brackish water ecosystems of Russia and adjacent waters". Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 45: 47–116. doi:10.5134/251251. ISSN 0037-2870. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Balakirev, Evgeniy S; Saveliev, Pavel A; Ayala, Francisco J (24 August 2017). "Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of the Cherskii's Sculpin Cottus czerskii and Siberian Taimen Hucho taimen Reveal GenBank Entry Errors: Incorrect Species Identification and Recombinant Mitochondrial Genome". Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online. 13: 1176934317726783. doi:10.1177/1176934317726783. ISSN 1176-9343. PMC 5574479. PMID 28890653.
- ^ LEIS, ERIC; TRAN, KIM CHI; LUMME, D JAAKKO (2021). "Global Phylogeography of Salmonid Ectoparasites of the Genus Gyrodactylus, with an Emphasis on the Origin of the Circumpolar Gyrodactylus salmonis (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea)". Comparative Parasitology. 88 (1): 130–143. doi:10.1654/1525-2647-88.1.130. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Behnke, Robert. "A systematic analysis of the genus Savelinus" (PDF). Montana State University. Retrieved 14 December 2023.