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Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

Atlantic salmon
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Amerikanskiy atlanticheskiy losos', Losos', Semga
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Winkler, H.M., K. Skora, R. Repecka, M. Ploks, A. Neelov, L. Urho, A. Gushin and H. Jespersen, 2000
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in rivers running into the Baltic, Barents and White Seas, eastward up to the Kara River (Ref. 26334). Landlocked populations known from Lakes Ladoga, Onega, some small lakes in Vyg and Kem drainages, White Sea basin (Ref. 59043). This has been translocated to areas within the country for stocking in open waters however, it failed to establish self-sustaining populations (Ref. 45022). Also Ref. 683. EurRus
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Saumon de l'Atlantique, Salmón del Atlántico, 大西洋鲑, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | 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 Ecología

marino; agua dulce; salobre bentopelágico; anadromo (Ref. 92381); rango de profundidad 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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