Species Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758

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• Salmo salar Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [308].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, oceans and rivers of Europe.
• Salmo salar tasmanicus Johnston, R.M. 1889. The Salmonidae in Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1888: xv-xvi [xvi] [as Salmo Salar Tasmanicus].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [45]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Released in various localities in south-eastern Australia, including Lake Jindabyne and Burrinjuck Dam, currently a major aquaculture fishery in TAS; temperate.

Introduced from North Atlantic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Fish farms.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [358]

McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [45]

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [75]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [327]

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]

Raadik, T.A. 2008. Family Salmonidae. pp. 211-213 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [213]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (224)

Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [230]

 

Common Name References

Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 238 pp. [141] (Australian Marketing Name) (Atlantic Salmon)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [327] (Atlantic Salmon)

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

 

History of changes

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