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Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)

Coho salmon
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Common names: Blueback, Coho, Coho salmon
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Importance: commercial | Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
Regulations: restricted | Ref: Fisheries Branch, 1994
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Native to the Yukon Territory and British Columbia; introduced into other provinces (Ref. 52559), from Northwest Territories (Ref. 58426) to Québec (Ref. 52559). Occurs in the Great Lakes (Ref. 119192). Also Ref. 2850, 4925, 27436, 86798, 95479, 119194, 125578. Status of threat: 1). Interior Fraser River population: endangered. Criteria: 1,2,3,4; and 2). Lower Columbia River population: threatenened. Criteria: 1,2,3,4 (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: Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Saumon argenté, Salmón plateado, Кижуч, ... 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);  kisutch: Most probably a typo in the emendada p720 for kisutch, which is the vernacular name of this fish in Kamtchatka (Ref. 1998).
  More on author: Walbaum.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 250 m (Ref. 50550).   Subtropical; 0°C - 25°C (Ref. 35682); 72°N - 22°N, 135°E - 111°W (Ref. 117423)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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