Salvelinus

Translingual

Salvelinus namaycush

Etymology

New Latin (1839), possibly from German Saibling (“a char”)

Proper noun

Salvelinus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Salmonidae – including char and some trout.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Protacanthopterygii - superorder; Salmoniformes - order; Salmonidae - family; Salmoninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Salvelinus agassizii (silver trout), Salvelinus albus, Salvelinus alpinus (Arctic char), Salvelinus anaktuvukensis, Salvelinus andriashevi, Salvelinus boganidae, Salvelinus colii, Salvelinus confluentus (bull trout), Salvelinus curilus, Salvelinus czerskii, Salvelinus drjagini, Salvelinus elgyticus, Salvelinus fimbriatus, Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout, charr, salter, sea trout), Salvelinus gracillimus, Salvelinus grayi, Salvelinus gritzenkoi, Salvelinus inframundus, Salvelinus jacuticus, Salvelinus killinensis, Salvelinus krogiusae, Salvelinus kronocius, Salvelinus kuznetzovi, Salvelinus leucomaenis, Salvelinus levanidovi, Salvelinus lonsdalii, Salvelinus mallochi, Salvelinus malma (Dolly Varden), Salvelinus maxillaris, Salvelinus murta, Salvelinus namaycush - species

References

• Salvelinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salvelinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Salvelinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons