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Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)

Coho salmon
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Caayuaq, Coho salmon, Coho salmon
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: occasional (usually not seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: protected | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Known from Washington to San Lorenzo River in California (Ref. 86798). Planted in lakes of Washington, Oregon, and California for game fishing (Ref. 27547). Rare in central California (Ref. 86798). Some populations are protected (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723, 95483, 96339. Status of threat: 1). Central California coastal population, Humboldt to Santa Cruz counties: endangered. Criteria: 1,2,3,4; 2). Lower Columbia River population: threatened. Criteria: 1,2,3,4; 3). Oregon coastal population: threatened. Criteria: 1,2,3,4; 4). Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia populations: vulnerable. Criteria: 1,2,3,4; and 5). Southern Oregon/northern California coastal population: threatened. Criteria: 1,2,3,4 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Salmoniformes (Salmons) > Salmonidae (Salmonids) > Salmoninae
Etymology: Oncorhynchus: Greek, onyx, -ychos = nail + Greek, rhyngchos = snout (Ref. 45335);  kisutch: Most probably a typo in the emendada p720 for kisutch, which is the vernacular name of this fish in Kamtchatka (Ref. 1998).
  More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range นิเวศวิทยา

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม; น้ำจืด; กร่อย ผิวน้ำ; ปลาที่อพยพจากแหล่งน้ำเค็มไปวางไข่ในแหล่งน้ำจืด (Ref. 51243); ระดับความลึก 0 - 250 m (Ref. 50550).   Subtropical; 0°C - 25°C (Ref. 35682); 72°N - 22°N, 135°E - 111°W (Ref. 117423)

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