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  • Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
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Scientific Name Oncorhynchus gorbuscha    (Walbaum, 1792)
Common Name
Type Locality Kamchatka, Russia [possibly from the rivers of Avacha Bay].
Synonym(s) Onchorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus scouleri, Salmo clupeoides, Salmo gibber, Salmo gorbuscha, Salmo pelcot, Salmo peled, Salmo proteus, Salmo scouleri, Salmo tschawytschiformis
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Size 760mm or 29.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Arctic, Northwest to Eastern Central Pacific: Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, drainages from Northwest Territories in Canada to southern California in USA; the Bering and Okhotsk seas. Western Pacific: Russian Federation, eastern Korea and Hokkaido, Japan. Import restricted in Germany (Anl.3 BArtSchV). Occasionally hybridizes with Oncorhynchus keta producing fertile offspring. Introduced in Iran.
IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3, pp 69
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 13:06 (species record created: 2020 Nov 01 08:32)