#2168 · 🐟 fish

Brook Trout

🇳🇱 Bronforel ·Salvelinus fontinalis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The brook trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis ) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae. It is native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada, but has been introduced elsewhere in North America and to other continents. In parts of its range, it is also known as the eastern brook trout , speckled trout , brook charr , squaretail , or mud trout , among others. A potamodromous population in Lake Superior is known as coaster trout ...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,060iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
14,060 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Samuel L. Mitchill in 1814 (212 years ago).