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Atlantic Salmon

Salmo salar Linnaeus 1758

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Salmo salar (Atlantic Salmon) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Salmonidae. They are listed as of special concern by COSEWIC. They are associated with freshwater habitat. They are native to Norway, Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic, Italy, Slovakia, Iceland, United States, Ukraine, Latvia, The Nearctic, Germany, Portugal, the Palearctic, Russia, Spain, Lithuania, Isle Of Man, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, France, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Poland, Belgium, Europe, French Guiana, Greenland, Finland, Canada, United Kingdom, and The Netherlands. They are carnivores. Individuals can grow to 150 cm. They have sexual reproduction. They rely on swimming and sub-carangiform to move around.

URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/special_concern
Definition: may become threatened or endangered because of a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats
Source: https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3144096

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URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1902

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URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1912

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3175395

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3057568

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2629691

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/690791

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/458258

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2921044

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2264397

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447
Definition: largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface
Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2017370

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2510769

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/597427

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3042225

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2623032

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2661886

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/453733

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3017382

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2622320

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2963597

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/798544

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2802361

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255148

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3381670

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q223

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/660013

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6251999

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2635167

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2750405

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268
Definition: Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.

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URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/subcarangiform
Definition: Body/caudal fin propulsion, like anguilliform, with a more marked increase in wave amplitude along the body with the vast majority of the work being done by the rear half of the fish. In general, the fish body is stiffer, making for higher speed but reduced maneuverability. Trout use sub-carangiform locomotion.
Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_locomotion#Sub-carangiform

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EOL has data for 44 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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body shape
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyShape
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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diet includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Diet
- Definition: Information about the items eaten by this organism.
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fish
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152
- Definition: vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Western Atlantic
- URI: http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5165
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locomotion
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]
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swimming
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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the Palearctic
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447
- Definition: largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface
- Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png
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parental care
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060746
- Definition: A reproductive behavior in which a parent cares for and rears offspring.
- Comment: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dph]
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provisioning
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419
- Definition: supplying materials, especially food
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reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
- Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
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sexual reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
- Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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piscivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208
- Definition: carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Swedish Museum of Natural History - Zoological Collections
- URI: http://grbio.org/cool/4m0z-xq14
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used for
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Uses
- Definition: The uses of the organism or products derived from the organism.
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food
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2095
- Definition: any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body
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wet body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassWet
- Definition: Mass of one individual of this taxon, living or fresh, without desiccation
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2948 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Atlantic Salmon. View this species on GBIF

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