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Salvelinus grayi (Günther, 1862)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Salvelinus grayi (Günther, 1862)
Name authority
(Günther, 1862)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Salmoniformes
Family
Salmonidae
Genus
Salvelinus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderSalmoniformes
  11. familySalmonidae Cuvier, 1816
  12. subfamilySalmoninae Cuvier, 1816
  13. genusSalvelinus Richardson, 1836
  14. speciesSalvelinus grayi (Günther, 1862)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Salvelinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Salvelinus jacuticus Borisov, 1935SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus levanidovi Chereshnev, Skopets & Gudkov, 1989SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus boganidae Berg, 1926SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus profundus (Schillinger, 1901)SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus faroensis Joensen & Tåning, 1970SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus inframundus Regan, 1909SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus fimbriatus Regan, 1908SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus neiva Taranetz, 1933SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus killinensis (Günther, 1866)SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus mallochi Regan, 1909SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
brook charrSalvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814)SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Salvelinus neocomensis Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005SalmonidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct

Browse 141 records assigned to Salmonidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Salmo grayi Günther, 1862 Günther, 1862synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1021130 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:79FR5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.