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Preferred term

Salmon  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
  • Pink Salmon
  • Salmon, Pink
  • Salmon, Sockeye
  • Salmo salmo
  • Sockeye Salmon

Note

  • genera Oncorhynchus and Salmo may be either salmon or trout; check text; canned salmon = SALMON (IM) + FOOD PRESERVATION (IM)

Scope note

  • Fish of the genera ONCORHYNCHUS and Salmo in the family SALMONIDAE. They are anadromous game fish, frequenting the coastal waters of both the North Atlantic and Pacific. They are known for their gameness as a sport fish and for the quality of their flesh as a table fish. (Webster, 3d ed).

History note

  • 72

In other languages

  • lohet

    Finnish

  • lohi
  • tyyneenmerenlohet
  • Lax

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012474

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