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Atlantic salmon  (Salmo salar)

General data

  • Main name: Atlantic salmon
  • Climates: Temperate, Continental, Subpolar
  • Habitat: Anadromous
  • Native: Europe, North America
  • Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, Baltic sea, Rhine, Glomma, St. Lawrence River, Torne, View all... Loire, River Severn, 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, Neiden River (Naatamo, Njavdamjohka), Paatsjoki River, Kalix river (Kalixalven)

Classification

  • Genus: Salmo - Atlantic Salmons and Trouts
  • Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
  • Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
  • Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
  • Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Catches

Taxonomy of Fishes

  • Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
    • Coelacanthi - Lobe-finned fishes->
    • Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes->
      • Perciformes - Perches->
      • Cypriniformes - Carps->
      • Esociformes - Pikes->
      • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
        • Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts->
          • Salmo - Atlantic Salmons and Trouts->
            • Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
            • Macedonian trout (Salmo macedonicus)
            • Marble trout (Salmo marmoratus)
            • Softmouth trout solinka (Salmo obtusirostris salonitana)
            • Neretva's softmouth trout (Salmo obtusirostris oxyrhynchus)
            • Eastern Adriatic trout (Salmo farioides)
            • Belvica trout (Salmo ohridanus)
            • Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
            • Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica)
            • Rhone trout (Salmo rhodanensis)
            • Lake Garda carpione (Salmo carpio)
            • Salmo abanticus (Salmo abanticus)
            • Salmo akairos (Salmo akairos)
            • Salmo aphelios (Salmo aphelios)
            • Salmo balcanicus (Salmo balcanicus)
            • Caspian trout (Salmo caspius)
            • Salmo cenerinus (Salmo cenerinus)
            • Salmo cettii (Salmo cettii)
            • Chilo trout (Salmo chilo)
            • Caspian salmon (Salmo ciscaucasicus)
            • Coruh trout (Salmo coruhensis)
            • Salmo dentex (Salmo dentex)
            • Euphrates trout (Salmo euphrataeus)
            • Salmo ezenami (Salmo ezenami)
            • Salmo ferox (Salmo ferox)
            • Salmo fibreni (Salmo fibreni)
            • Sevan trout (Salmo ischchan)
            • Antalya trout (Salmo kottelati)
            • Seyhan trout (Salmo labecula)
            • Black Sea salmon (Salmo labrax)
            • Salmo lourosensis (Salmo lourosensis)
            • Salmo lumi (Salmo lumi)
            • Salmo macrostigma (Salmo macrostigma)
            • Salmo montenigrinus (Salmo montenigrinus)
            • Draa trout (Salmo multipunctatus)
            • Salmo nigripinnis (Salmo nigripinnis)
            • Adriatic trout (Salmo obtusirostris)
            • Okumus trout (Salmo okumusi)
            • Opimus trout (Salmo opimus)
            • Salmo pallaryi (Salmo pallaryi)
            • Salmo pelagonicus (Salmo pelagonicus)
            • Salmo pellegrini (Salmo pellegrini)
            • Salmo peristericus (Salmo peristericus)
            • Flathead trout (Salmo platycephalus)
            • Rize trout (Salmo rizeensis)
            • Salmo schiefermuelleri (Salmo schiefermuelleri)
            • Salmo stomachicus (Salmo stomachicus)
            • Salmo taleri (Salmo taleri)
            • Tigris trout (Salmo tigridis)
            • Salmo viridis (Salmo viridis)
            • Salmo visovacensis (Salmo visovacensis)
            • Salmo zrmanjaensis (Salmo zrmanjaensis)
          • Hucho - Huchens->
          • Salvelinus - Chars->
          • Oncorhynchus - Pacific Salmons and Trouts->
          • Thymallus - Graylings->
          • Coregonus - Whitefishes->
          • Prosopium - North American whitefishes->
          • Parahucho - Sakhalin taimen->
          • Brachymystax - Lenoks->
          • Stenodus - Nelma whitefish->
          • Salvethymus - Salvethymus->
      • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
      • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
      • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
      • Gadiformes - Cods->
      • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
      • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
      • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
      • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
      • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
      • Carangiformes - Jacks->
      • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
      • Labriformes - Wrasses->
      • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
      • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
      • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
      • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
      • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
      • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
      • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
      • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
      • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
      • Characiformes - Characins->
      • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
      • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
      • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
      • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
      • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
      • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
      • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
      • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
      • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
      • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
      • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
      • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
      • Zeiformes - Dories->
      • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
      • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
      • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
      • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
      • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
      • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
      • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
      • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
      • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
      • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
      • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
      • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
      • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
      • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
      • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
      • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
      • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
      • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
      • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
      • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
      • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
      • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
      • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
      • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
      • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
      • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
      • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
    • Cladistii - Bichirs->
    • Dipneusti - Lungfishes->
    • Chondrostei - Sturgeons->
    • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
  • Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
  • Agnatha - Jawless fishes->