Nieriä
Salvelinus alpinus
#nm_0554📍 Finland
- Language
- Finnish
- Transliteration
- Nieria
- IPA
- /ˈnie̯riæ/
Of unknown origin; an eastern Finnish fish name (Ladoga Karelia and Ingria) with cognates in Karelian and Livvi
Arctic char, a cold-water salmonid (family Salmonidae) and the world's northernmost freshwater fish; streamlined body with small scales, light spots and a reddish-orange belly in spawning fish. Inhabits cold seas and deep boreal/alpine lakes, including landlocked relict populations such as the critically endangered, legally protected Saimaa population in Finland
Alternates: Saimaannieriä (Finland)