Salvelinus neocomensis
{{Short description|Extinct species of fish}}
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| status = EX
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| taxon = Salvelinus neocomensis
| authority = (Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005)
| extinct =
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Salvelinus neocomensis is an extinct deepwater trout species only known from three specimens fished in Lake Neuchâtel (Neuenburgersee) in 1896, 1902 and 1904.Maurice Kottelat: European Freshwater Fishes; Cornol 2007. {{ISBN|978-2-8399-0298-4}}
Extinction
This rare endemic trout lived in the great depths of the lake, below {{convert|80|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It only reached about {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length. It had fins without white margins and yellowish flanks,{{fishbase|Salvelinus|neocomensis|year=2014}} which earned it the local name Jaunet.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} Research undertaken in the 1950s and 2003 failed to find evidence of the survival of this species after the last reported specimen.
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008155759/http://www.ittiofauna.org/webmuseum/pesciossei/salmoniformes/salmonidae/salmoninae/salvelinus/salvelinus_neocomensis/index_big.htm Photo of Salvelinus neocomensis]}}
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Category:Fish extinctions since 1500
Category:Taxa named by Jörg Freyhof