Salvelinus neocomensis

Salvelinus neocomensis
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Salmoniformes
Family:	Salmonidae
Genus:	Salvelinus
Species:	S. neocomensis
Binomial name
Salvelinus neocomensis (Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005)

Salvelinus neocomensis is an extinct deepwater trout species only known from three specimens fished in Lake Neuchâtel (Neuenburgersee) in 1896, 1902 and 1904.^[2]

Extinction[]

This rare endemic trout lived in the great depths of the lake, below 80 m (260 ft). It only reached about 15 cm (5.9 in) in length. It had fins without white margins and yellowish flanks,^[3] which earned it the local name Jaunet.^{[citation needed]} Research undertaken in the 1950s and 2003 failed to find evidence of the survival of this species after the last reported specimen.

References[]

External links[]

• Photo of Salvelinus neocomensis
• Revue Suisse de Zoologie - Salvelinus evasus^{[permanent dead link]}