Salmo salar Atlantic salmon

Salmo salar is commonly referred to as Atlantic salmon. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12280 

AphiaID:

127186 

Scientific:

Salmo salar 

German:

Atlantischer Lachs 

English:

Atlantic Salmon 

Category:

Salmonids 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Salmoniformes (Order) > Salmonidae (Family) > Salmo (Genus) > salar (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Russland, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, anadrome fish, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Greenland, Iceland, Kerguelen Islands, Lofoten Islands, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, White Sea 

Sea depth:

0 - 210 Meter 

Size:

47.24" - 59.06" (120cm - 150cm) 

Weight:

47 kg 

Temperature:

35.6 °F - 48.2 °F (2°C - 9°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Detritus, Engraulis , Fish (little fishes), Herring, Insects, Isopods, Krill, Mysis, Sardines, Schrimps, Sepia, Smelts, Worms, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Near threatened (NT) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Salmo abanticus
• Salmo akairos
• Salmo aphelios
• Salmo balcanicus
• Salmo carpio
• Salmo caspius
• Salmo cenerinus
• Salmo cettii
• Salmo chilo
• Salmo ciscaucasicus
• Salmo coruhensis
• Salmo dentex
• Salmo euphrataeus
• Salmo ezenami
• Salmo farioides
• Salmo ferox
• Salmo fibreni
• Salmo ischchan
• Salmo kottelati
• Salmo labecula
• Salmo labrax
• Salmo letnica
• Salmo lourosensis
• Salmo lumi
• Salmo macedonicus
• Salmo macrostigma
• Salmo marmoratus
• Salmo montenigrinus
• Salmo multipunctata
• Salmo nigripinnis
• Salmo obtusirostris
• Salmo ohridanus
• Salmo okumusi
• Salmo opimus
• Salmo pallaryi
• Salmo pelagonicus
• Salmo peristericus
• Salmo platycephalus
• Salmo rhodanensis
• Salmo rizeensis
• 
  Salmo salar
  Atlantischer Lachs
• Salmo schiefermuelleri
• Salmo stomachicus
• Salmo taleri
• Salmo tigridis
• 
  Salmo trutta
  Meerforelle
• Salmo visovacensis
• Salmo zrmanjaensis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-08-01 18:32:23 

Last edit:

2020-04-01 18:30:43 

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