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Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic salmon
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Common names: Atlantic salmon, Atlantic salmon, Bay salmon
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Native species ranging from Ontario to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; introduced into British Columbia (Ref. 52559); Nunavut (Ref. 58426). Also Ref. 7251, 95143, 96339. Status of threat of the following populations: 1). Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine populations: endangered. Criteria: 1,2,3,4; 2). Great Lakes populations: extinct. Criteria: 1,2 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Saumon de l'Atlantique, Salmón del Atlántico, 大西洋鲑, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Salmo: Latin, salmo, Plinius = salmon (Ref. 45335);  salar: From the Latin 'salio' meaning to leap (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 92381); depth range 0 - 210 m (Ref. 57178), usually 10 - 23 m.   Temperate; 2°C - 9°C (Ref. 36794); 72°N - 37°N, 77°W - 61°E

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