Splake

The splake or slake (Salvelinus namaeycush X Salvelinus fontinalis) is a fish. It is the hybrid of a male brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and a female lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).  The name is a combination of speckled trout (another name for brook trout) and lake trout. The name may have been used as early as the 1880s.Kerr, S. J. (2000): F1 Splake: An Annotated Bibliography and Literature Review.  Fish and Wildlife Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario.  79p. + appendices. Hybrids of the male lake trout with the female brook trout (the so-called "brookinaw") have also been produced, but are not as successful.Sowards, C. L. 1959.  Experiments in hybridizing several species of trout. Progressive Fish Culturist 21(4) : 147-150.

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Category:Freshwater fish
Category:Salmoniformes
Category:Animal hybrids