Salvelinus

Because char look so much like trout the new Americans called Salvelinus species “trout,” as in brook trout and lake trout.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

Because char look so much like trout the new Americans called Salvelinus species “trout,” as in brook trout and lake trout.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

Because char look so much like trout the new Americans called Salvelinus species “trout,” as in brook trout and lake trout.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

Because char look so much like trout the new Americans called Salvelinus species “trout,” as in brook trout and lake trout.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

The char and brook along with many others are related under the genus Salvelinus or the "char".

It's a Cutthroat World Out There... 2009

The char and brook along with many others are related under the genus Salvelinus or the "char".

It's a Cutthroat World Out There... 2009

At the mouth of Prince River there used to be a lot of fish and you used to be able to get char [Salvelinus alpinus].

Nunavut climate change case study 2009

Holarctic phylogeography of Arctic char ( '' Salvelinus alpinus L. '') inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.

Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009

Some species, such as Arctic char ( '' Salvelinus alpinus '' [37]), and genera, such as whitefish ( '' Coregonus '' spp. [38]), exhibit evidence of sub-taxa whose origins are apparently related to recurrent isolation of populations throughout the alternating glacial and interglacial stages of the Pleistocene.

Late-Quaternary changes in arctic terrestrial ecosystems, climate, and ultraviolet radiation levels 2009

Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) are darker than usual.

Nunavut climate change case study 2009