Salmonidae

櫻鱒

Oncorhynchus masou

将卵埋在无人守卫的巢穴中

• 温带
• 北半球
• 区域性分布
• 太平洋
• 东亚
• 大型
• 温带鱼

The masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou), also known as masu (Japanese: マス, lit. 'trout') or cherry trout (桜鱒, サクラマス, sakura masu) in Japan, is a species of salmonid belonging to the genus Oncorhynchus, found in the North Pacific along Northeast/East Asian coasts from the Russian Far East (Primorsky, Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin and Kuril Islands) to south through Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Although generally accepted as a salmon in the West, the fish is actually regarded as a trout in Japan (its most famous native range) as it is the most commonly seen freshwater salmonid in the Japanese archipelago. A number of subspecies are known, including the widespread nominate subspecies yamame (O. m.