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title: "Lake Trout"
description: "Salvelinus namaycush — Pesci. The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in Northern North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/lake-trout
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lake Trout

> Salvelinus namaycush — Pesci. The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in Northern North America.

- Scientific name: *Salvelinus namaycush*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1540
- Wikidata: [Q469946](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469946)
- iNaturalist taxon: [111991](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111991)

## Names

- en: Lake Trout
- de: Amerikanischer Seesaibling
- es: Trucha de lago
- fr: Cristivomer
- nl: Amerikaanse meerforel
- pl: Palia jeziorowa

## Countries with the most observations

CA (720), US (662), FR (6)

## Summary

The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a freshwater char living mainly in lakes in Northern North America. Other names for it include mackinaw, namaycush, lake char (or charr), touladi, togue, laker, and grey trout. In Lake Superior, it can also be variously known as siscowet, paperbelly and lean. The lake trout is prized both as a game fish and as a food fish.  Those caught with dark coloration may be called mud hens.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_trout

## Photo

![Lake Trout](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lake-trout/medium.jpg)

Photo: Engbretson, Eric · Public domain · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/111991

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lake-trout?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).