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Salmonidae
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Returning from sea to its natal river
- Gray
- Silver
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Fusiform
- Large
- Temperate fish
Gray
Temperate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeAtlantic salmon is a freshwater fish of rivers and cold-water lakes. It is known for returning from sea to its natal river.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Salmons and Trout
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Salmo
- Maximum length
- 150 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Habitat
- Rivers and cold-water lakes
- Body shape
- Fusiform
- Diet
- Carnivorous
- Distribution
- Cold waters of the Northern Hemisphere
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
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Family
Diet
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