Salvelinus neocomensis

Salvelinus neocomensis ( Alemannic trivial name: Jaunet ) is an extinct genus of freshwater fish species from the arctic char ( Salvelinus ) within the family Salmonidae. She was endemic in Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

Features

Salvelinus neocomensis reached a standard length of 150 mm. He had 21 to 23 gill Reuse rays. The body height at the beginning of the anus was 13 to 16 percent of standard length. The eye diameter was 1 - to 1.5 - times the distance between the eye sockets and made 24-25 percent of the length of the head from. The snout was blunt, the mouth was under constantly. The mandible was surrounded by the maxilla. The flanks were yellowish, with the fins were missing the white edges of the other char species. The pectoral fin handed the male to the anus.

Way of life

Salvelinus neocomensis came in 70 to 80 m depth before. The diet consisted of insect larvae, snails, shellfish and fish eggs. Was spawned on the muddy bottom of Lake Neuchâtel.

Status

Salvelinus neocomensis 2008 was declared by the IUCN to be extinct. The species is known only from three specimens, which were 1896, 1902 and 1904 collected. Extensive searches in the 1950s and in 2003 were unsuccessful.

System

Salvelinus neocomensis was first described in 1903 by Otto Fuhrmann Salvelinus salvelinus var profundus. Since the binomials Salvelinus profundus was awarded in 1901 by Alfred Schillinger for the low char, written Jörg Freyhof and Maurice Kottelat in 2005 with a redescription of the species as Salvelinus neocomensis.