Species Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Salmo tshawytscha Walbaum, J.J. 1792. Petri Artedi renovati. Part 3. Petri Artedi sueci genera Piscium in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae. Grypeswaldiae 723 pp. 3 pls. [71].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Kamchatka, USSR.

 

Generic Combinations

• Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792). —
  Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [156]

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Currently only in two landlocked lakes of south-western VIC and also recorded from the La Trobe River and Ovens River, VIC; temperate.

Introduced from North Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Diadromous.

 

General References

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [156] (Australian history)

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part II. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 145–329 [46]

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [77]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [324]

Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Salmonidae. pp. 413-415 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [414]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (230)

 

Common Name References

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [78] (King Salmon, Spring Salmon)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [323] (Chinook Salmon, Quinnat Salmon)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Chinook Salmon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	PROTACANTHOPTERYGII	23-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
06-Jun-2016	SALMONIFORMES	13-Oct-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED