Salmo salar
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | SALMONIFORMES | SALMONIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Salmo salar | |||
| Species Authority: | Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3 |
| Year Published: | 1996 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| 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
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Arctic Sea; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – northwest; Mediterranean and Black Sea
Introduced:
Atlantic – southwest; Pacific – southeast; Pacific – southwest
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | An anadramous species. |
| Systems: | Freshwater; Marine |
Bibliography [top]
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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. |
| 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 24 May 2012. |
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