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Taxon: Species Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 - Atlantic salmon (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 308.

Types

Type of: Salmo (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Desmarest, 1856: 312. [new]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Salmo brevipes Smitt, 1882 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo caerulescens Schmidt, 1795 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo goedenii Bloch, 1784 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Salmo gracilis Couch, 1865 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo hamatus Cuvier, 1829 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo hardinii Günther, 1866 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo nobilis Olafsen, 1772 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo ocla Nilsson, 1832 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo renatus Lacepède, 1803 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo rilla Lacepède, 1803 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Salmo salar biennis Berg, 1912 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo salar brevipes Smitt, 1882 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Salmo salar brevipes natio relictus Berg, 1932 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo salar europaeus Payne, Child & Forrest, 1971 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Salmo salar lacustris Hardin, 1862 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo salar saimensis Seppovaara, 1962 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo salmo Valenciennes, 1848 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Salmo salmulus Walbaum, 1792 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Trutta relicta Malmgren, 1863 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Trutta salar (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: hengst
: Atlantische zalm
: Europese zalm Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
: Sibagozalm

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: Atlantic salmon Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683.
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