Specimen Information

Salmo salar
Salmo salar
(Atlantic Salmon)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID165355
GroupFishes
GenusSalmo
Speciessalar
Common NameAtlantic Salmon
StateAK
CountyKetchikan Gateway
LocalityMuskeg pond system in the Ward Lake Recreation Area of Ketchikan
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameKetchikan
HUC8 Number19010102
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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