Salvelinus obtusus
Salvelinus obtusus Regan, 1908
First described in: Regan, C. T. (1908). A preliminary revision of the Irish Char. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 2 (no. 9): 225-234.
Salvelinus obtusus, commonly called the blunt-nosed Irish charr or blunt-snouted Irish char, is a species of lacustrine char fish in the family Salmonidae, found in the Lakes of Killarney, Ireland.
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Range & habitat
Salvelinus obtusus is only found in Muckross Lake and Lough Leane, and is threatened by eutrophication. It was formerly found in Lough Tay, Lough Dan, Lough Nalughraman and Lough Acoose, but is now considered extirpated at those sites and is critically endangered.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2351281.