Bull trout | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Genus: | Salvelinus |
Species: | S. confluentus
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Binomial name | |
Salvelinus confluentus |
The bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) is a char of the family Salmonidae native to northwestern North America.[4] Historically, S. confluentus has been known as the "Dolly Varden" (S. malma), but was reclassified as a separate species in 1980.[5] Populations of bull trout in the lower 48 states are listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act,[6] and bull trout overall are listed as vulnerable to extinction on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1] The Saskatchewan-Nelson Rivers population in Alberta, Canada is listed as threatened under the Species at Risk Act.[7]
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