Specimen Information

Salmo salar
Salmo salar
(Atlantic Salmon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID165356
GroupFishes
GenusSalmo
Speciessalar
Common NameAtlantic Salmon
StateAK
CountyPrince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan
LocalityPacific Ocean near Thorne Bay, Ketchikan, AK
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NamePrince of Wales
HUC8 Number19010103
HUC10 NameKashevarof Passage-Frontal Clarence Strait
HUC10 Number1901010303
HUC12 NameThorne Bay-Frontal Tolstoi Bay
HUC12 Number190101030310
Map
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Collection Year2002
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayescaped captivity aquaculture
Statuscollected
Reference 1
Ref. Number:15517
Author:Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg, and L.K. Thorsteinson
Date:2002
Title:Fishes of Alaska
Publisher:American Fisheries Society
Pages:1037 pp
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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