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Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792) 
AphiaID: 254569

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Salmoniformes (Order) > Salmonidae (Family) > Salmoninae (Subfamily) > Oncorhynchus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Oncorhynchus Suckley, 1861
Synonymised
taxa
  Hypsifario kennerlyi (Suckley, 1861)
Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi (Suckley, 1861)
Salmo kennerlyi Suckley, 1861
Salmo nerka Walbaum, 1792
Salmo paucidens Richardson, 1836
Sources  basis of record: ArcOD species list provided by Falk Huettmann on 2007-11-25 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English kokanee  [details]
English red salmon  [details]
English sockeye salmon  [details]
French kokani  [details]
French saumon rouge  [details]
French saumon sockeye  [details]
Spanish salmon rojo  [details]
Swedish indianlax  [details]
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taxa

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Subspecies Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi (Suckley, 1861) accepted as Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution British Columbia [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North West Territories [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus clemensi Parker & Margolis, 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus caeruleus Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus nerkae Roberts, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus turgidus Fraser, 1920 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus auritus Markevich, 1940 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola californiensis (Dana, 1852) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola carpionis (Krøyer, 1837) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola falculata (Wilson C.B., 1908) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Salmincola gibber (Wilson C.B., 1908) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (78 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (228 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (11892 nucleotides; 262 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254569
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2007-12-17 11:39:20Z  created  Huettmann, Falk
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254569 on 2013-05-23
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