Salvelinus neocomensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SALMONIFORMES	SALMONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Salvelinus neocomensis
Species Authority:	Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005
Synonym/s:	Salmo fario Linnaeus, 1758 Fuhrmann, 1903 Salvelinus salvelinus Linnaeus, 1758 Fuhrmann, 1903

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.
Reviewer/s:	Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)
Justification: S. neocomensis was known definitely only from Lake Neuchâtel where it is now reported to be Extinct, it was last recorded in 1904. Further research has been undertaken (1950s and 2003) which failed to find evidence of its survival.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Lake Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Switzerland
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Population [top]

Population:	The species was last recorded in 1904. Further research has been undertaken and failed to find the species.

Population:

The species was last recorded in 1904. Further research has been undertaken and failed to find the species.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat: Deep water (below 80 m). Biology: Spawns on muddy sediments in Lake Neuchâtel. Feeds mainly on insect larvae, snails, crustaceans and fish eggs.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

	Freyhof, J. and Kottelat, M. 2005. Salvelinus evasus, a charr from deep waters of Lake Ammersee, southern Germany (Teleostei: Salmonidae), with comments on two extinct species. IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008). Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland. Quartier, A. 1951. Morphologie et biologie de Salvelinus alpinus dans le lac de Neuchâtel.

Freyhof, J. and Kottelat, M. 2005. Salvelinus evasus, a charr from deep waters of Lake Ammersee, southern Germany (Teleostei: Salmonidae), with comments on two extinct species.

IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).

Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland.

Quartier, A. 1951. Morphologie et biologie de Salvelinus alpinus dans le lac de Neuchâtel.

Citation:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Salvelinus neocomensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012.
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