Lake trout: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lake trout lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Salvelinus namaycush
Group	Bony fish
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Salmoniformes
Family	Salmonidae

Where does the lake trout live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lake trout in 5 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In Switzerland, France, Sweden it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

United States
Canada
Switzerland (introduced)
Sweden (introduced)
France (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the lake trout?

The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a ray-finned fish in the order Salmoniformes and the family Salmonidae, genus Salvelinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lake trout

The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in Northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, laker, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, it can also be variously known as siscowet, paperbelly and lean. The lake trout is prized both as a game fish and as a food fish. Those caught with dark coloration may be called mud hens.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lake trout (revision 1361838698), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q469946 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).