Species Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1815)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Salmo fontinalis Mitchill, S.L. 1815. The fishes of New York, described and arranged. Transactions of the Literary & Philosophical Society of New York 1(5): 355-492 6 pls [435].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, New York, USA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1815). —
  McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [46]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Released into fresh waters of highland NSW with a reproducing population in Clarence Lagoon, TAS; temperate, native to Atlantic coast of Canada and USA.

Introduced from eastern North America.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [46]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [330]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Salmonidae. pp. 413-415 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [415]

Raadik, T.A. 2008. Family Salmonidae. pp. 211-213 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [415]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (231)

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [359] (Brook Char)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [330] (Brook Trout)

Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [30] (Brookie, Char)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Brook Trout)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	PROTACANTHOPTERYGII	23-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
06-Jun-2016	SALMONIFORMES	13-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED