Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

General Status Rank: 
Alien
ELCODE: 
AFCHA05030
Common Name: 
Brook Trout
Scientific Name: 
Salvelinus fontinalis
Naming References: 
CL001
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Fish
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Actinopterygii
Order: 
Salmoniformes
Family: 
Salmonidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

stocked originally in three locations, but no idea whether they are still extant. If so, then they should be included; Brook trout haven't been stocked since the 1970's and they didn't reproduce so I would say it is safe to say none exist in the NWT. (H139_05) perhaps they should be included as exotics with status unknown. (H180); Brook Trout were first introduced in the NT into Seven Mile Lake in 1949, into the Little Buffalo River in 1960 or 1961, and into Polar Lake in 1971 (B172)
Score: 
A
References: 
H139_05
H180
B172
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Alien
Status Rank Description: 
stocked originally in three locations, but no idea whether they are still extant. If so, then they should be included; Brook trout haven't been stocked since the 1970's and they didn't reproduce so I would say it is safe to say none exist in the NWT.
S Rank: 
SNA
Decision Process Description: 
Based on e-mail by Reist J. 2005; Modified from Not Assessed to Alien to note the historical introduction, extant occurrences unknown (Jan 2011); Reviewed by DFO in 2015, no change
Last Updated: 
January 28, 2015

References

Naming

  • Nelson et al. (2004) Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 29. 386 pp. Not in hand at ENR; consult DFO - CL001 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Reist, J. (2005) File with changes 2005 NWT re-ranking of fish. e-mail to S Carriere on 25 July 2005 Electronic files and printout - H139_05 Return
  • Lara Cooper (2005) E-mail Changes 2005 NWT re-ranking of fish (16/12/2005). With attached excell file summarising input on NWT Freshwater fishes re-ranking for 2005. Printed in binder - H180 Return
  • Sawatzky, C.D., Michalak, D. Reist, J.D. Carmichael, T.J., Mandrak, N.E., Heuring, L.G. (2007) Distributions of freshwater and anadromous fishes from the mainland Northwest Territories, Canada.. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2793 - B172 Return