Editing Lake trout (section)

== Taxonomy and etymology ==
It is the only member of the subgenus '''''Cristovomer''''', which is more derived than the subgenus ''[[Salvelinus#Taxonomy|Baione]]'' (the most [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] clade of ''Salvelinus'', containing the [[brook trout]] (''S. fontinalis'') and [[silver trout]] (''S. agasizii'')) but still basal to the other members of ''Salvelinus''.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Phillips|first1=RUTH B.|title=CHAPTER 10 - Phylogenetic Relationships among the Salmoninae Based on Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences|date=1997-01-01|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124175402500117|work=Molecular Systematics of Fishes|pages=145–162|editor-last=Kocher|editor-first=Thomas D.|place=San Diego|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|isbn=978-0-12-417540-2|access-date=2021-02-13|last2=Oakley|first2=TODD H.|editor2-last=Stepien|editor2-first=Carol A.}}</ref>

The [[binominal nomenclature|specific epithet]] ''namaycush'' derives from ''namekush'', a form of the word used in some inland [[Southern East Cree language|Southern East Cree]] communities in referring to this species of fish. Other variations found in East Cree are ''kûkamâs[h]'', ''kûkamâw'' and ''kûkamesh''.<ref>Berkes, Fikret and Marguerite MacKenzie. "Cree Fish Names from Eastern James Bay, Quebec" in ''Arctic'', Vol. 31, No. 4 (December 1978), pp. 489–495</ref> Similar cognate words are found in [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]]: ''namegos'' = "lake trout"; ''namegoshens'' = "rainbow trout," literally meaning "little lake trout."<ref>Weshki-ayaad, Lippert and Gambill. [http://www.freelang.net/online/ojibwe.php Freelang Ojibwe Dictionary Online]. Accessed September 21, 2010.</ref>