Common name: White-spotted Char, Char, Japanese char

Japanese name: Iwana (岩魚、岩穴魚), Ezo Iwana, Yamato Iwana, Nikko Iwana, Gogi

Scientific name:

Salvelinus leucomaenis (Pallas, 1814)

Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus (Oshima, 1938)

Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius (Hilgendorf, 1876)

Salvelinus leucomaenis imbrius (Jordan and McGregor,1925)　

Nigiri sushi detail: White spotted Char (Iwana) Nigiri sushi

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