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Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)

Chum salmon
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Common names: Alngartuliq, Amakaijak, Chum salmon
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Frimodt, C., 1995
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: protected | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Washington south to Sacramento River drainage in California (ref. 86798). Common in the past (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 2850, 27436, 9988, 11366, 96339. Status of threat of Columbia River population; Hood Canal summer population; Olympic Peninsula rivers to Dungess Bay: threatened. Criteria: 1,2 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Saumon chien, Keta, 大麻哈鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Oncorhynchus: Greek, onyx, -ychos = nail + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 250 m (Ref. 50550), usually ? - 61 m (Ref. 96339).   Temperate; 0°C - 24°C (Ref. 35682); 67°N - 24°N, 130°E - 110°W (Ref. 117423)

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