Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 8,632
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus Salvelinus of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada. Two ecological forms of brook trout have been recognized by the US Forest Service. One ecological form is long-lived potamodromous populations in Lake Superior known as coaster trout or coasters.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Brook trout”.