Fish of the Salvelinus (char) genus of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family of the Salmoniformes order of the Protacanthopterygii superorder.
(Lake char. Photo by © H. Chaumeton, A. Mondadori. ittiofauna.org)
Lake char (Salvelinus umbla) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778). It inhabits high altitude lakes. The recorded maximum length is 75 cm. It feeds on insects, crustaceans, fishes, and other bottom fauna.
It’s the inhabitant of the lakes of the province of Trentino – Alto Adige, the region of Lombardy and others (Italy).
Names of lake char (Salvelinus umbla) in other languages are as follows:
Salmerino alpino (Italian).