brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Salmoniformes
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Salvelinus
Where to Find
Found in 11 diving areas across 4 countries and 3 regions.
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 2 records
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada - 82 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 20 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 12 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 23 records
- Québec, Canada - 112 records
- California, United States - 1 records
- Great Lakes, United States - 1 records
- New England, United States - 23 records
- North Carolina, United States - 31 records