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Species of fish
Salvelinus colii , also called Cole's char ,
[4]
[5] Enniskillen char
[6] or Trevelyan's char , is a cold-water species of
char
fish in the family
Salmonidae .
[7]
[8]
[9]
Salvelinus colii is currently located in
Ireland , in several
lakes
[10] draining westward,
[11] in
County Clare ,
County Kerry ,
County Galway ,
County Mayo ,
County Donegal and
County Westmeath .
[12]
[1]
Lough Ennell and
Lough Conn are major sites.
[13]
Taxonomy
Name
The English word "char[r]" is thought to derive from
Old Irish ceara /cera meaning "[blood] red,"
[14] referring to its pink-red underside.
[15]
[16] This would also connect with its
Welsh name torgoch , "red belly."
[17]
Biology
Drawing of Salvelinus colii , 1877
Salvelinus colii spawns in November/December.
[1] Feeds on benthic and planktonic invertebrates.
[18]
References
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a
b
c Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008).
"Salvelinus colii " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008 : e.T135407A4125452.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135407A4125452.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021 .
^
"Figure 13: Salvelinus scharffi, Scharff's charr (Regan 1911)" . ResearchGate .
^
"Figure 15: Salvelinus trevelyani, Trevelyan's charr (Regan 1908, 1911)" . ResearchGate .
^ Wallace, Alfred Russel (1 May 2007).
Island Life . Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN
9781602065031 – via Google Books.
^
"Ireland Endemic Freshwater Fish Checklist" . lntreasures.com .
^ Couch, Jonathan (12 February 1877).
A History of the Fishes of the British Islands . G. Bell. p.
269 – via Internet Archive. Enniskillen Char.
^
"the origin and history of British fauna" . CUP Archive. 1952 – via Google Books.
^
"ITIS Standard Report Page: Salvelinus colii" . www.itis.gov .
^
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Salvelinus colii (Günther, 1863)" . www.marinespecies.org .
^
"the origin and history of British fauna" . CUP Archive. 1952 – via Google Books.
^ Kottelat, Maurice; Freyhof, Jörg (12 February 2018).
Handbook of European freshwater fishes . Publications Kottelat.
ISBN
9782839902984 – via Google Books.
^
"Irish Fisheries Investigations: Freshwater" . Stationery Office; To be purchased from Government Publications Sale Office. 12 February 1966 – via Google Books.
^ Stendall, J. A. Sidney; Kertland, Mary P. H. (12 February 1961).
"The Irish Naturalists' Journal" . I.N.J. Committee. – via Google Books.
^
"eDIL - Irish Language Dictionary" . edil.qub.ac.uk .
^ Skeat, Walter W. (15 February 2013).
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language . Courier Corporation.
ISBN
9780486317656 – via Google Books.
^ Various.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) . Library of Alexandria.
ISBN
9781465562883 – via Google Books.
^ Weekley, Ernest (5 March 2013).
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English . Courier Corporation.
ISBN
9780486122878 – via Google Books.
^
"Salvelinus colii summary page" . FishBase .
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