Common name of Salmo salar
 
Common name Landlocked salmon
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks This name refers to lake populations. 'salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979)
 
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