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Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

127186  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127186)

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Species
Salmo brevipes Smitt, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo caerulescens Schmidt, 1795 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo gloverii Girard, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo goedenii Bloch, 1784 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo gracilis Couch, 1865 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Salmo hamatus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo hardinii Günther, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo nobilis Pallas, 1814 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Salmo nobilis Olafsen, 1772 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo ocla Nilsson, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo renatus Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo rilla Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo salar biennis Berg, 1912 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Salmo salar lacustris Hardin, 1862 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Salmo salar ouananiche McCarthy, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo salar tasmanicus Johnston, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo salar var. nobilis Smitt, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo salmo Valenciennes, 1848 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo salmulus Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo sebago Girard, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmo strom Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted (synonym)
Trutta salar relicta Malmgren, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 308 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution northern Quebec to Connecticut  
Distribution northern Quebec to Connecticut [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127186 on 2024-12-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 308 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Salmo goedenii Bloch, 1784) Bloch, M.E. (1784). M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin. <em>Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands.</em> Berlin. 3: i-viii + 1-234, Pls. 73-108.
page(s): 155, Pl. 102 [details] 

original description (of Salmo gracilis Couch, 1865) Couch, J. (1865). The history of the fishes of the British islands. v. 4. <em>i-iv + 1-439, Pls. 180-248 + 15, 76, 82, 123.</em>
page(s): 216, Pl. 216 [details] 

original description (of Salmo hamatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 303 [details] 

original description (of Salmo nobilis Olafsen, 1772) Olafsen, E. (1772). Vice-Lavmand Eggert Olafsens og Land-Physici Biarne Povelsens Reise igiennem Island. <em>Lindgren, Sorse.</em> v. 1: [1-11] 1-618, 51 pls.
page(s): 65 [details] 

original description (of Salmo nobilis Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 342 [details] 

original description (of Salmo renatus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 157, 224 [details] 

original description (of Salmo rilla Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 157, 224, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [details] 

original description (of Salmo salmulus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 65 (61) [details] 

original description (of Salmo strom Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 168 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Salmo salmo Valenciennes, 1848) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1848). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt et unième. Suite du livre vingt et unième et des Clupéoïdes. Livre vingt-deuxième. De la famille des Salmonoïdes. v. 21: i-xiv + 1 p. + 1-536, Pls. 607-633., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401210850_021 [details] 

context source (HKRMS) Leung KMY., Chu JCW. & Wu RSS. (2003).Reducing nitrogen pollution loading from fish farming by changing feeding practices: an example from Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 543-554. [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Pathogen/parasite or carrier of a pathogen/parasite [details]

Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]

Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on mollusks, crustaceans, insects, squids, shrimps, herring, alewives and smelts [details]

Distribution northern Quebec to Connecticut [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat anadromous species; born in large, cool rivers, migrate to sea after 1-6 years, then return to natal rivers to spawn [details]

Importance Scientific- Highly commercial, gamefish, aquaculture [details]

Introduction This species has been introduced or released in Dutch waters. [details]

Predators Lamprey, harbour seals, birds and eels [details]

Reproduction Return, possibly several times per lifetime, to natal river in the fall to spawn, female lays between 8000 and 26000 eggs [details]
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Breton gwennigbradan  [details]
Danish skællakslaks  [details]
Dutch zalmJacobzalmAtlantische zalm  [details]
English silver salmonsea salmonsalmonparrN. Atlantic salmonkeltgrilsecommon Atlantic salmonblack salmonAtlantic salmon  [details]
Faroese laksur  [details]
Finnish lohi  [details]
French tacon Atlantiquesaumon de l'Atlantiquesaumon d'Atlantiquesaumon Atlantiquesaumon  [details]
German SalmlingSalmLasLachsechter LachsAtlantischer SalmónAtlantischer Lachs  [details]
Icelandic lax  [details]
Irish bradán  [details]
Italian salmone kippersalmone del Renosalmone atlanticosalmonesalmo  [details]
Japanese アトランティックサーモン  [details]
Lithuanian lašiša  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Σολομός του ΑτλαντικούΣολομός Ατλαντικού  [details]
Norwegian laks  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål laks  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk laks  [details]
Polish łosoś szlachetnyŁosoś atlantycki Łosoś losós  [details]
Portuguese salmão  [details]
Romanian somon de Atlantic  [details]
Russian семгаsëmgalosos'losos  [details]
Slovenian Atlantski losos  [details]
Spanish salmón del Atlánticosalmón comúnsalmón  [details]
Swedish lax  [details]
Turkish Atlantik alabalığıalabalik atlantik  [details]
Ukrainian Лосось атлантичнийЛосось  [details]
Welsh eog  [details]