Atlantic salmon  (Salmo salar)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassOsterichthyes
OrderSalmoniformes
FamilySalmonidae
GenusSalmo
SizeLength: males 150 cm, females 120 cm
Weightup to 39 kg
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Status

Classified as Lower Risk/least concern (LR/lc) on the IUCN Red List and listed on Appendix III of the Berne Convention. Freshwater populations are listed on Annex II of the EC Habitats Directive and Schedule 3 of the Conservation Regulations (1994).

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