Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
General data
- Main name: Atlantic salmon
- Local names: Salmon, Black salmon, Bay salmon
- Climates: Temperate, Continental, Subpolar
- Habitat: Anadromous
- Native: Europe, North America
- Distribution: Baltic sea, Rhine, Glomma, Torne, Loire, River Severn, View all... River Wye, River Spey, River Tay, Kemijoki, Daugava (Western Dvina), Narva, Seine, Connecticut River, Manicouagan, Northern Dvina, Neman (Nemunas), Bann, Gudena, Venta, Gauja, Trent, River Clyde, River Tweed, River Eden (Cumbria), River Dee (Aberdeenshire), River Don (Aberdeenshire), River Foyle, River Teifi, River Towy, River Ribble, River Tyne, River Nith, River Tees, River Taff, River Ely, Ume river, Pite River, Ason, Kalix river (Kalixalven), Mynajoki River, St. Lawrence River, Norwegian sea, North Sea, Tovdalselva, Tana (Finland–Norway), Gaula, Altaelva, Neiden River (Naatamo, Njavdamjohka), Paatsjoki River (Pasvikelva), Atlantic Ocean
Classification
- Genus: Salmo - Atlantic Salmons and Trouts
- Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
- Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
- Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes