Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
General data
- Main name: Brook trout
- Local names: Eastern brook trout, Speckled trout, Brook charr, Mud trout, Brookie, Squaretail, Trout, Brook charr, Brook char, Aurora trout, American brook trout
- Climates: Temperate, Continental, Mountain
- Habitat: Anadromous
- Native: North America
- Introduced: Europe, Asia
- Distribution: Neretva, Rhine, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hudson River, Susquehanna River, Kemijoki, View all... Klamath River, Sacramento River, Delaware River, Connecticut River, Manicouagan, Savannah river, Adige, River Tana, Danube, Sevier River, St. Lawrence River, Weser, Adriatic Sea, Merrimack River, Tennessee River, Tovdalselva, Potomac River, Weber River, Mississippi River, Rogue River (Oregon), Atlantic Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Salvelinus - Chars
- Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
- Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes