Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Salmoniformes > Family Salmonidae > Subfamily Salmoninae

Salvelinus Richardson, 1836

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salvelinus colii (Günther, 1863)
Salvelinus faroensis Joensen & Tåning, 1970
Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814)
Salvelinus gracillimus Regan, 1909
Salvelinus grayi (Günther, 1862)
Salvelinus inframundus Regan, 1909
Salvelinus killinensis (Günther, 1865)
Salvelinus lepechini (Gmelin, 1789)
Salvelinus lonsdalii Regan, 1909
Salvelinus mallochi Regan, 1909
Salvelinus maxillaris Regan, 1909
Salvelinus murta (Saemundsson, 1908)
Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792)
Salvelinus obtusus Regan, 1908
Salvelinus perisii (Günther, 1865)
Salvelinus profundus (Schillinger, 1901)
Salvelinus salvelinoinsularis (Lonnberg, 1900)
Salvelinus struanensis (Maitland, 1881)
Salvelinus thingvallensis (Saemundsson, 1908)
Salvelinus umbla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salvelinus willoughbii (Günther, 1862)
Salvelinus youngeri Friend, 1956

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: omble sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

German: Saibling sources: (1996). Koninklijk besluit houdende reglementering van de benamingen van visserijprodukten en verwerkte visserijprodukten. Belgisch staatsblad 07-08-1996.

Japanese: イワナ属

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. J. Bentley, London. Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).].
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Salvelinus Richardson, 1836. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126142

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Salvelinus Richardson, 1836. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b5d1061a-8c8f-43cc-955b-76884bee023a