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Salmo salar, Atlantic salmon : fisheries, aquaculture, gamefish
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Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic salmon
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Faeroe Islands country information

Common names: Laksur, Smolt
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Also Ref. 59043. Main foraging areas along north of Faroe Islands (Ref. 88171).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fo.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Svetovidov, A.N., 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Saumon de l'Atlantique, Salmón del Atlántico, Лосось атлантический (=семга), ... more

Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | Catalog of Fishes(Giống, Các loài) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Salmo: Latin, salmo, Plinius = salmon (Ref. 45335); salar: From the Latin 'salio' meaning to leap (Ref. 6885).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Sinh thái học

Biển; Nước ngọt; Thuộc về nước lợ Sống nổi và đáy; di cư biển sông (để đẻ trứng) (Ref. 92381); Mức độ sâu 0 - 210 m (Ref. 57178), usually 10 - 23 m.   Temperate; 2°C - 9°C (Ref. 36794); 72°N - 37°N, 77°W - 61°E

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