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Species catalogue
Silver salmon
Order
Salmoniformes
Family
Salmonidae
Euryhaline fish (marine and freshwater) with regularly ossified skeleton. Body elongate, becoming deeper with age, spawning males a little hump-backed. Tip of upper jaw reaching well behind eye; snout and lower jaw becoming hooked and teeth enlarged in spawning males. Caudal fin emarginate. Scales moderate, 120-140 in lateral line. Colour silvery, with black spots on upper flanks, base of dorsal fin and upper lobe of caudal fin in adults.
Characteristics
FAO code
COH
COH
Specie
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Type
Blue fish
Blue fish
FAO Fishing Areas
- Area 18: the Arctic Ocean
- Area 2: America, North - Inland waters
- Area 27: the Northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Area 3: America, South - Inland waters
- Area 4: Asia - Inland waters
- Area 5: Europe - Inland waters
- Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 67: the Northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 77: the Eastern Central part of the Pacific Ocean
Fishing seasons
may
jun
jul
aug
International denominations
Germany
Silberlachs
China
银大麻哈鱼
France
Saumon argenté
Italy
Salmone argentato
Portugal
Salmão prateado
United Kingdom
Silver salmon
Japan
Gin-zake
Fishing areas
