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Atlantic Salmon
Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Salmoniformes - salmons »  family Salmonidae - salmonids »  genus Salmo

Scientific synonyms

Trutta salar (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salmo salar biennis Berg, 1912
Salmo brevipes Smitt, 1882
Salmo salar brevipes Smitt, 1882
Salmo caerulescens Schmidt, 1795
Salmo salar europaeus Payne, Child & Forrest, 1971
Salmo goedenii Bloch, 1784
Salmo gracilis Couch, 1865
Salmo hamatus Cuvier, 1829
Salmo hardinii Günther, 1866

Other names

= Salmon

Near Threatened NT

Images

Salmo salar - Atlantic Salmon

Author: Hartley, William W.

Salmo salar - Atlantic Salmon

Author: Steenstra, Peter

Salmo salar - Atlantic Salmon

Author: Steenstra, Peter

Salmo salar - Atlantic Salmon

Author: Roman Hynek

Salmo salar - Atlantic Salmon

Author: Roman Hynek

Salmo salar - Atlantic Salmon

Author: Roman Hynek

Salmo salar - Atlantic Salmon

Author: Roman Hynek

Taxon in country check-lists*

* List of countries might not be complete

Intertaxon relationships

predator: Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) - Humpback Whale

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [236]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/23806]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN Australian Faunal Directory [37fc5010-3ab1-415d-9d8d-dafb5a4065f2]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 22 January 2015
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2007): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 5. Paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii), kostnatí (Neopterygii) - stříbrnicotvární (Argentiniformes), ďasové (Lophiiformes), Národní muzeum (zoologické oddělení), Praha, 91 str. [as Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 16 November 2013

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