| Lake trout | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Salvelinus |
| Subgenus: | Cristovomer Walbaum, 1792 |
| Species: | S. namaycush
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| Binomial name | |
| Salvelinus namaycush | |
The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)[2] 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.[3][better source needed]
- ^ "Salvelinus namaycush". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "Lake Trout (Mackinaw)". NDOW. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Mud Hens??". Lake Ontario United - Lake Ontario's Largest Fishing & Hunting Community - New York and Ontario Canada. 9 July 2023.