Salvelinus_neocomensis

<i>Salvelinus neocomensis</i>

Salvelinus neocomensis

Extinct species of fish

Salvelinus neocomensis is an extinct deepwater trout species only known from three specimens fished in Lake Neuchâtel (Neuenburgersee) in 1896, 1902 and 1904.[2]

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Extinction

This rare endemic trout lived in the great depths of the lake, below 80 m (260 ft). It only reached about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length. It had fins without white margins and yellowish flanks,[3] which earned it the local name Jaunet.[citation needed] Research undertaken in the 1950s and 2003 failed to find evidence of the survival of this species after the last reported specimen.

References

  1. [1]
    Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Salvelinus neocomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135421A4127253. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135421A4127253.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Maurice Kottelat: European Freshwater Fishes; Cornol 2007. ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Salvelinus neocomensis" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
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