Lake trout
Species of fish in northern North America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Togue" redirects here. For the culinary vegetable, see Mung bean sprout. For Lakes named "Trout", see Trout Lake. For other uses, see Lake trout (disambiguation).
The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)[2] is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, it can also be variously known as siscowet, paperbelly and lean. The lake trout is prized both as a game fish and as a food fish. Those caught with dark coloration may be called mud hens.[3][better source needed]
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Lake trout | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Salvelinus |
Subgenus: | Cristovomer Walbaum, 1792 |
Species: | S. namaycush |
Binomial name | |
Salvelinus namaycush | |
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