Silver trout
Salvelinus agassizii (Garman, 1885)
Status not recordedbony fish
The silver trout (Salvelinus agassizii) is a species in the family Salmonidae, order Salmoniformes.
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Quick facts about the silver trout
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the silver trout live?
Not recorded
Is the silver trout endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the silver trout classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderSalmoniformes
- familySalmonidae
- genusSalvelinus
- SpeciesSalvelinus agassizii (Garman, 1885)
Synonyms Salmo agassizii, Salvelinus agassizi
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- siven AgassizůvCzech
- SølvørredDanish
- SilverrödingSwedish
- 阿氏紅點鮭Chinese
Relatives of the silver trout
Other species in the same genus Salvelinus.

Arctic char
Salvelinus alpinus

Brook trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Laker
Salvelinus namaycush
Dolly varden
Salvelinus malma
Whitespotted char
Salvelinus leucomaenis
Charr
Salvelinus umbla
CompareSilver trout vs Arctic charSilver trout vs Brook troutSilver trout vs LakerSilver trout vs Dolly varden
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the silver trout?
The silver trout (Salvelinus agassizii) belongs to the family Salmonidae in the order Salmoniformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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