lepechini, Salmo Gmelin [J. F.] 1789:1374 [Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 18139] Lake Ladoga, Russia. No types known. For locality see Kottelat 1997:152 [ref. 22952]. See Dorofeeva & Savvaitova 1998:38 [ref. 23574]. •Valid as Salmo lepechini Gmelin 1789 -- (Berg 1948:275 [ref. 12882]). •Synonym of Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 1997:152 [ref. 22952]). •Valid as Salvelinus lepechini (Gmelin 1789) -- (Chereshnev 1996:604 [ref. 24659], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:730 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:161 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:434 [ref. 29996]). Current status: Valid as Salvelinus lepechini (Gmelin 1789). Salmonidae: Salmoninae. Distribution: Lakes in Sweden, Norway,Finland and northern Russia. Habitat: freshwater.