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Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)

Chum salmon
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Chum salmon, Haiko, Keta
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Dolgov, A.V., 2000
Importance: commercial | Ref: Dgebuadze, Y.Y., 2016
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Poronai and Tym' Rivers (Ref. 27681). Found in Sakhalin and Kamchatka (Ref. 37812). Migrates from the Lena River to the Tumannaya River which empties into Peter the Great Bay. This species was introduced into the rivers flowing into the Barents and White seas as well as into the Caspian basin however introduction was not successful (Ref. 26334). Introduction into the Volga drainage failed (Ref. 59043). Commercially cultured in the past (Ref. 7306). Also Ref. 27436, 45022, 96339, 119200. nEurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
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
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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).
  More on author: Walbaum.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 250 m (Ref. 50550), usually ? - 61 m (Ref. 96339).   Temperate; 0°C - 24°C (Ref. 35682); 67°N - 24°N, 130°E - 110°W (Ref. 117423)

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