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Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic salmon
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Portugal country information

Common names: Filetes de salmão àsueca, Salmao, Salmão
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Antunes, C., F. Cobo and M.J. Araujo, 2016
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from northern Portugal (Ref. 51442). Historical records from Duero, Tagus and Guadiana are now extirpated (Ref. 59043). Found in the Iberian Peninsula (Ref. 119049). Minimum capture size: 40-55 cm TL (Ref. 119049). Also Ref. 683. Status of threat: Critically endangered (Ref. 119049).
National Checklist: Portugal
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/po.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Antunes, C., F. Cobo and M.J. Araujo, 2016
National Database: Portuguese Freshwater Fishes

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | 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 Ekologi

marina; sötvatten; brackvatten bentopelagisk; anadrom (Ref. 92381); djupintervall 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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