| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | SALMONIFORMES | SALMONIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Salmo salar | |||
| Species Authority: | Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3 |
| Year Assessed: | 1996 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| 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
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Arctic Sea; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – northwest; Mediterranean and Black Sea
Introduced:
Atlantic – southwest; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – southeast
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| Habitat and Ecology: | An anadramous species. |
| Systems: | Freshwater; Marine |
| Citation: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Salmo salar. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 March 2010. |
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