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Salmo salar

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII SALMONIFORMES SALMONIDAE

Scientific Name: Salmo salar
Species Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name/s:
English – Atlantic Salmon, Salmon

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Lower Risk/least concern     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Greenland; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Russian Federation; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom; United States
Regionally extinct:
Czech Republic; Switzerland
Introduced:
Argentina; Australia; Chile; New Zealand
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Arctic Sea;  Atlantic – northeast;  Atlantic – northwest;  Mediterranean and Black Sea
Introduced:
Atlantic – southwest;  Pacific – southeast;  Pacific – southwest
Range Map:
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: An anadramous species.
Systems: Freshwater; Marine
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Salmo salar. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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