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Salmo salar (Atlantic Salmon) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Salmonidae. They are listed as of special concern by COSEWIC. They are associated with freshwater habitat. They are native to Norway, Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic, Italy, Slovakia, Iceland, United States, Ukraine, Latvia, The Nearctic, Germany, Portugal, the Palearctic, Russia, Spain, Lithuania, Isle Of Man, Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, France, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Poland, Belgium, Europe, French Guiana, Greenland, Finland, Canada, United Kingdom, and The Netherlands. They are carnivores. Individuals can grow to 150 cm. They have sexual reproduction. They rely on swimming and sub-carangiform to move around.

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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
  • Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Atlantic Salmon. View this species on GBIF