Ecology Summary - Salvelinus vasiljevae
Ecology of Salvelinus vasiljevae
 
Main Ref. Safronov, S.N. and T.V. Zvezdov, 2005
Remarks This species lives in rivers of Sakhalin from the mouth to the middle reaches. The dominant form is semi-anadromous; lagoon-river form and the riverine form are much rarer. The fish is characterized by its feeding migrations in the middle of summer and autumn; in other seasons, it remains in holes and in the lagoon. Fish ready to spawn migrate to the Amur lagoon to rivers. Some of the fish move to the lagoon from rivers of Sakhalin for feeding. In rivers of NW Sakhalin, fish reach a length of 80 cm and weigh more than 5 kilos. Biological characteristics are rarely studied: the fish mature in the rivers of Pyrki and Tengi at the age of 4+; mature individuals noted in August-October in areas with relatively rapid current and sandy or pebbled bottom in holes (up to 1.5-2 meters0, the chars may even winter here; omnivorous, feeding on fish, aerial and aquatic insects and their larvae, amphipods, insectivorous mammals and mice (Ref. 56657).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

Marine - Neritic Marine - Oceanic Brackishwater Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies
  • supra-littoral zone
  • littoral zone
  • sublittoral zone
  • epipelagic
  • mesopelagic
  • epipelagic
  • abyssopelagic
  • hadopelagic
  • estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas
  • mangroves
  • marshes/swamps
  • rivers/streams
  • lakes/ponds
  • caves
  • exclusively in caves
Highighted items on the list are where Salvelinus vasiljevae may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.
Trophic Level(s)
Estimation method Original sample Unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items 3.64 0.49 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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