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Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792)

Chum salmon
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United States (contiguous states) country information

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

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 Ecologie

marien; zoet water; brak water benthopelagisch; anadroom (Ref. 51243); diepte 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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