Iceland, Scandinavia, northern Russia [absent in rivers draining to Baltic and White Seas] present in rivers of Barents Sea basin from Volonga to Kara, Jan Mayen, Spitzberg, Kolguev, Bear and New Zemblia islands, northern Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland; 'real'
S. alpinus might be restricted to Europe and Greenland. Despite its scientific name, does not occur in the Alps.
Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008.
Salvelinus alpinus. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <
www.iucnredlist.org>
