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salvelinus alpinus alpinus

Scientific name: Salvelinus alpinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Popular names: Arctic char, Alpine char
Danish name: Rødding, fjeldørred

Family: Salmonidae (Salmonids)

Distribution: Europe: northern Atlantic southward to southern Norway, also Iceland and southern Greenland.
Capture site: Southern Greenland (Kukulooq river)

Depth: 30 - 70 meter
Max. size: 107 cm / 15 kg



Video showing how the water is packed with fish just underneath the surface