''Salvelinus drjagini'', also known as Dryanin's charr, is a species of freshwater fish in the

salmon Salmon () is the common name for several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family (biology), family Salmonidae, which are native to tributary, tributaries of the ...

family. It is found in the lakes and rivers of the

Taimyr Peninsula The Taymyr Peninsula (russian: Таймырский полуостров, Taymyrsky poluostrov) is a peninsula in the Far North of Russia, in the Siberian Federal District, that forms the northernmost part of the mainland of Eurasia. Administrati ...

in arctic Russia. The species is used to produce yellow coloured cavier.

Description

Dryanin's charr can reach a recorded maximum length of 90.0 cm (35.4 inches) and up to 8.3 kg (18.3 lbs). The body of Dryagin's charr is covered with a few large (about 1 cm) light orange spots of usually irregular shape. The belly and underside of the head are white or light yellow. The

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and anal fins are reddish-brown. During the spawning season, the body colour of the fish becomes brighter.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6431237 Salvelinus Fish of Asia Fish described in 1940