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71% Complete
2 Data Sources
near threatened
Salmon
Salmo salar
Also known as: Atlantic Salmon • Atlantic salmon • Fiddler
Kingdom: Metazoa• Family: Salmonidae• Order: Salmoniformes
🛡️ Conservation Status
near threatened
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Quick Facts
Common Names:
Salmon, Atlantic Salmon, Atlantic salmon, Fiddler, Bay salmon, Black salmon, Breeder, Caplin-scull salmon, Common Atlantic salmon, Grayling, Grilse, Grilt, Kelt, Landlocked salmon, N. Atlantic salmon, Ouananiche, Ouinanish, Outside salmon, Parr, Salmon peel, Sea salmon, Sebago salmon, Silver salmon, Slink, Smolt, Spring fish, Spring salmon, Winnish, salmon, Black Salmon, Lachs, loese, luossa, luosâ, luõss, black salmon, common Atlantic salmon, grilse, kelt, parr, sea salmon, silver salmon
Class:
Actinopteri
Conservation Status:
near threatened
Data Completeness:
71%
Data Sources
🌍gbif
📖wikipedia
🔬eol
🦎inaturalist
References
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Distribution Statistics
10
Observations
9
Countries
Top Locations
Pontevedra, España
1
River Ribble, Settle, England, GB
1
Northesk, NB, CA
1
Edinburgh, UK
1
Newfoundland, Hawke's Bay, NL, CA
1
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First: 12/30/2011 · Latest: 12/9/2025
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