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Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 12,569, February 9,283, March 14,545, April 22,882, May 32,993, June 35,976, July 38,497, August 33,107, September 24,307, October 18,143, November 9,914, December 7,749.
Canada413,632
United States398,815
Alaska259,965
New Brunswick186,583
Maine136,228
Quebec132,255
Nova Scotia84,965
British Columbia2,171
New Hampshire1,349
New York458

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderSalmons, pikes and mudminnows · Salmoniformes
FamilySalmons, Trouts, and Whitefishes · Salmonidae
GenusAtlantic Salmons and Trouts · Salmo

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