name: Charr

flavor_db_name_variants: charr

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Charr

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name_scientific: Salvelinus

description: Salvelinus is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout". Salvelinus is a member of the Salmoninae subfamily of the Salmonidae family. Most char may be identified by light-cream, pink, or red spots over a darker body. Scales tend to be small, with 115-200 along the lateral line. The pectoral, pelvic, anal, and the lower aspect of caudal fins are trimmed in snow white or cream leading edges. Many members of this genus are popular sport fish, and a few, such as the lake trout (S. namaycush), are the object of commercial fisheries and aquaculture. Occasionally, such fish escape and become invasive species.

itis_id: 161999

wikipedia_id: Salvelinus

picture_file_name: 585.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 8007

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:37:22.000Z

legacy_id: 612

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:49.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:27.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 8033

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00571