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Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)

Masu salmon
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Masu salmon, Sima, Сима
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Anadromous and land-locked forms are distributed only along western Kamchatka, mouth of the Amur,Tym' and Poronai rivers (Ref. 26334, 593, 27681). Known from Kuril archipelago (Ref. 12218). Sakhalin, western Kamchatka (Ref. 37812). nEurRus
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Saumon du Japon, Salmón japonés, Сима, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Oncorhynchus: Greek, onyx, -ychos = nail + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 50550).   Temperate; 65°N - 34°N, 127°E - 158°E

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