To which family of fish does the 'Char' belong?
Arctic char escape into the wild." Commercial Arctic char typically weigh between 2 and 10 lb (1 and 4.5 kg). The flesh is fine flaked and medium firm. The colour is between light pink and deep red, and the taste is like something between trout and salmon. Arctic char Arctic char or Arctic charr ("Salvelinus alpinus") is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes and arctic and subarctic coastal waters. Its distribution is circumpolar. It spawns in fresh water and populations can be lacustrine, riverine or anadromous, where they return from the ocean to their fresh water birth
Kirikuchi char Kirikuchi char The kirikuchi char, "Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus", is a freshwater fish in the Salmonidae family. It is endemic to the Kii Peninsula of central Honshu in Japan. It is the southernmost population of the char genus "Salvelinus" and is considered a relict in its region. It is usually considered a subspecies of the whitespotted char "Salvelinus leucomaenis" but was listed as a separate species in the IUCN Red List (1996). Other subspecies of the whitespotted char "S. leucomaenis" have, however, been introduced in the area of the kirikuchi char, which has led to extensive hybridization. Kirikuchi char remain in