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WoRMS taxon detailsOncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)
127182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127182)
accepted
Species
Oncorhynchus scouleri (Richardson, 1836) · unaccepted
Salmo gorbuscha Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Salmo scouleri Richardson, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh,
(of Salmo gorbuscha Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 69 [details]
Distribution Native of the North Pacific, introduced into the Atlantic regions of Maine and Newfoundland.
Distribution Native of the North Pacific, introduced into the Atlantic regions of Maine and Newfoundland. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127182 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Salmo scouleri Richardson, 1836) Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. <em>J. Bentley, London.</em> Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).]. [details] original description (of Salmo gorbuscha Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3. page(s): 69 [details] basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] Ecologyecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  Othercontext source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
 [request]additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] additional source Artedi, P.; Linnaeus, C. V.; Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi Sueci Genera piscium : in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis : redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52 : Ichthyologiae. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61537#/summary page(s): 69 [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Celtic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Rare [details]Introduced species impact in United Kingdom (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details] Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Genetic impacts: hybridisation and introgression [details] Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Ireland (Nation) : Fisheries: accidental with deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Celtic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details] Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Yellow Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture [details] Introduced species vector dispersal United Kingdom part of the Celtic Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details] Introduced species vector dispersal United Kingdom part of the North Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details] Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on insects, copepods, tunicates, amphipods, euphausiids and fishes [details]Distribution Native of the North Pacific, introduced into the Atlantic regions of Maine and Newfoundland. [details] Habitat benthic [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Habitat anadromous species; born in the river, migrates to sea as adults and returns to spawn [details] Importance Scientific- Highly commercial, gamefish [details] Predators Birds, marine and freshwater mammals and large fish [details] Reproduction External fertilization. Spawning , upriver, occurs between June and September; between 1200 and 1800 eggs laid,into several redds, followed by death [details]
To Barcode of Life (284 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Salmo gorbuscha Walbaum, 1792) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (196 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Salmo scouleri Richardson, 1836) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Oncorhynchus scouleri (Richardson, 1836)) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Dyntaxa To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) To FAO Species fact sheets To FishBase To FishBase (from synonym Salmo gorbuscha Walbaum, 1792) To FishBase (from synonym Oncorhynchus scouleri (Richardson, 1836)) To FishBase (from synonym Salmo scouleri Richardson, 1836) To FishBase images (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Canada, by Østergaard, T.) To FishSounds To GenBank (155503 nucleotides; 81799 proteins) To GenBank (155503 nucleotides; 81799 proteins) (from synonym Salmo gorbuscha Walbaum, 1792) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha USNM 404986 photograph lateral view) To PESI To ITIS |
