''Salmo nigripinnis'', also known as the Sonaghen, is a species of fish within the family
Salmoninae
Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish that constitutes the only currently extant family in the order Salmoniformes . It includes salmon (both Atlantic and Pacific species), trout (both ocean-going and landlocked), chars, freshwater whitefis ...
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Description
''Salmo nigripinnis'' can range in body colour from light brown to silver, with large black spots. Fins of the species are dark brown or black, with elongated pectoral fins.
Distribution and Habitat
''Salmo nigripinnis'' is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to Lough Melvin
Lough Melvin ( ; ) is a lake in the northwest of the island of Ireland on the border between County Leitrim (in Ireland) and County Fermanagh (in the United Kingdom). It is internationally renowned for its unique range of plants and animals.
Ec ...
. Lough Melvin's waters cross the northwest border of the Republic of Ireland ( County Leitrim) into Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
's County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...
, meaning that this species lake habitat is in both Ireland and the United Kingdom.[
''S. nigripinnis'' live in open areas of the lake in deep water.]
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Fish described in 1866
Freshwater fish of Ireland
nigripinnis
Taxa named by Albert Günther