Fishing Species
Dolly Varden Fish Species Information
Dolly Varden bigfishtackle PM
| Label | Details |
|---|---|
| Scientific Fish Name: | Salvelinus malma malma |
| Other Fish Name: | Varden trout |
| Regions Fished: | coastal waters of the North Pacific from Puget Sound to the Alaska Peninsula and into the eastern Aleutians, along the Bering Sea and the Arctic Sea to the Mackenzie River. It is known as "Belyi golets" in Russian |
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| Additional Information: | It appears that the first recorded use of the Dolly Varden name to refer to a species of fish, was to S. confluentus, now commonly known as the bull trout. This was likely due to over-lapping ranges and similar appearances among members of the two species. |