Check List 9(4): 797-799, doi: 10.15560/9.4.797
Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae): the presence of Brook Trout in Peru
Eduardo Oyague-Passuni‡, Pablo J. Franco§‡ Knight Piésold Consultores S.A.; CORBIDI, Peru§ Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Peru
Corresponding author: Eduardo Oyague-Passuni ( eoyague@knightpiesold.com ) © 2017 Eduardo Oyague-Passuni, Pablo Franco. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Oyague-Passuni E, Franco P (2013) Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae): the presence of Brook Trout in Peru. Check List 9(4): 797-799. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.4.797 |  |
Abstract
Salmonidae were introduced in the Peruvian freshwaters during the first quarter of the 20th century with the Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792), and later with three more species: Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758, Salvelinus namaycush (Walbaum, 1792) and Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814). Only Oncorrynchus mikyss seems to have established itself extensively and successfully, is regularly reported and appears on the taxonomic checklists. This article reports on the presence of Salvelinus fontinalis in the high Andes of southern Peru, an area which is biogeographically associated with the Lake Titicaca Plateau.
Keywords
Ichthyology; introduced species; high Andes