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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Chinook salmon
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New Zealand country information

Common names: King salmon, Pacific salmon, Quinnat salmon
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: McDowall, R.M., 1990
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the eastern South I., limited number in west of South I., and rare in North I. Range is expanding (Ref. 52336). In coastal waters, mainly east coast of South Island; migrates inshore and up rivers to spawn in late summer and autumn (Ref. 9258). Population in the South Island of New Zealand originated from Chinook eggs shipped between 1900 and 1906 from Battle Creek Hatchery in Sacramento River (Ref. 76986). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). Also Ref. 1998, 6452, 6466, 7306, 27436, 43202, 58461.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Welcomme, R.L., 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Saumon royal, Salmón real, Чавыча, ... 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);  tshawytscha: tshawytscha which is the vernacular name of this species in Kamchatka (Ref. 1998).
  More on author: Walbaum.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 375 m (Ref. 58426).   Temperate; 0°C - 25°C (Ref. 35682); 71°N - 27°N, 136°E - 112°W (Ref. 54251)

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