Common name of Oncorhynchus nerka
 
Common name Salmao-vermelho-do-Pacífico
Language Portuguese
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Portugal
Locality
Ref. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier locality/area
Remarks 'vermelho', i.e., red'; 'salmao' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); ' Pacifico', i.e., Pacific Ocean.
 
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