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Greenland Charr
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This is another charr occurring in the waters of Greenland, Boothia Felix and neighbouring regions. Body rather elongate; pectoral short, 1 2/3 in head, not reaching half-way to ventrals; dorsal about as high as long, the longest ray 1 3/4 in head; gillrakers 9+15; slender and nearly straight, the longest 2 1/3 in eye.
Colour, dark green, with lighter irregular green streaks, silvery below; sides everywhere with pale pink spots, the largest smaller than eye; upper fins greenish, the lower fins pink. Searun examples nearly plain silvery.
This trout reaches a length of 1 to 2 feet and is a food-fish of considerable importance to the natives of that region.