Dolly Varden

Salvelinus malma (Walbaum 1792)

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Salvelinus malma (Dolly Varden) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Salmonidae. They are listed as of special concern by COSEWIC.

URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/special_concern
Definition: may become threatened or endangered because of a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats
Source: https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species

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EOL has data for 17 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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37.5 cm
conservation status
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#ConservationStatus
- Definition: degree of conservation concern as assessed by a government agency or other recognized authority such as IUCN or CITES
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of special concern
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/special_concern
- Definition: may become threatened or endangered because of a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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tributary
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000495
- Definition: A stream or river which flows into another river (a parent river) or body of water but which may not flow directly into the sea.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Salmincola carpionis (Krøyer 1837)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Ascarophis malmae Dogiel & Achmerov 1959
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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7 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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1.847 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of dolly varden. View this species on GBIF

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